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| viral hemorrhagic feversSummarySummary: A group of viral diseases of diverse etiology but having many similar clinical characteristics; increased capillary permeability, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia are common to all. Hemorrhagic fevers are characterized by sudden onset, fever, headache, generalized myalgia, backache, conjunctivitis, and severe prostration, followed by various hemorrhagic symptoms. Hemorrhagic fever with kidney involvement is HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME. Webpages
www.osha.gov/SLTC/vhf/index.html nyusm chipchip.med.nyu.edu/datafiles/mostcited/mostcitedbio.html#tular ... biological agents: anthrax, small pox, plague, virus - texastexashelp.tamu.edu/006-violence-terrorism/biological-agents. ... acp: bioterrorism and disaster preparednesswww.acponline.org/clinical_information/resources/bioterroris ... acp: bioterrorism and disaster preparednesswww.acponline.org/clinical_information/resources/bioterroris ... acp - pda portalwww.acponline.org/running_practice/technology/mobile_computi ... bioterrorism sourceswww.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/sci/biot.html nyusm chipchip.med.nyu.edu/datafiles/mostcited/mostcitedbio.html#anthr ... nyusm chipchip.med.nyu.edu/datafiles/mostcited/mostcitedbio.html#botul ... division of specialized information services creates biological warfare sitewww.nlm.nih.gov/news/sisbiolwar02.html ol>Research Grants 1 Z01 AI000938-03 RV Paramyxoviruses as Vaccine VectorsPeter L Collins; Fiscal Year: 2006 Cytokine patterns in guinea pig arenavirus diseaseJudith F Aronson; Fiscal Year: 2004 Therapeutics for Pox, Filo and Other Viral PathogensStewart W Schneller; Fiscal Year: 2007 Recombinant Yellow Fever 17D-Lassa VaccineIgor S Lukashevich; Fiscal Year: 2008 Recombinant Yellow Fever 17D-Lassa VaccineIgor S Lukashevich; Fiscal Year: 2007 Aminoglycoside Antivirals to Combat ArenavirusesJuan C de la Torre; Fiscal Year: 2004 Pathobiology and Small-Molecule Inhibition of Arenavirus InfectionANDREW MICHAEL LEE; Fiscal Year: 2008 Pathobiology and Small-Molecule Inhibition of Arenavirus InfectionANDREW MICHAEL LEE; Fiscal Year: 2007 Neutralizing Compounds for Viral Hemorrhagic FeverRichard S Larson; Fiscal Year: 2005 B.abortus-based vaccine against viral hemorrhagic feversRamesh Vemulapalli; Fiscal Year: 2004 ol>Publications Confronting bioterrorism: physicians on the front linePrathibha Varkey Division of Preventive Medicine and Occupational Medicine and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA Mayo Clin Proc 77:661-72 Syndromic surveillance and bioterrorism-related epidemicsJames W Buehler Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA Emerg Infect Dis 9:1197-204 Histopathology and immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis of bioterrorism agentsJeannette Guarner Infectious Disease Pathology Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop G32, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA J Histochem Cytochem 54:3-11 Bioterrorism and catastrophe response: a quick-reference guide to resourcesSusan Z Han Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, USA J Am Dent Assoc 134:745-52 Molecular diagnostic techniques for use in response to bioterrorismMarcia A Firmani Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1900 Gravier Street, New Orleans, LA 70112 2223, USA Expert Rev Mol Diagn 3:605-16 Recognition and management of bioterrorism infectionsMark L Higdon Family Practice Residency Program, Martin Army Community Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia, USA Am Fam Physician 67:1927-34 Threats in bioterrorism. I: CDC category A agentsRobert G Darling Operational Medicine Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases USAMRIID, 1425 Porter Street, ATTN MCMR UIM O, Fort Detrick, MD 21702 5011, USA Emerg Med Clin North Am 20:273-309 Bioterrorism: a clinical realityRobert J Leggiadro Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx, NY, USA Pediatr Ann 36:352-8 [Emerging or re-emerging infections that can be used for bioterrorism]Philippe Bossi Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpêtrière, 47 83, boulevard de l Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France Presse Med 34:149-55 Biological and chemical agents: a brief synopsisMark Rosenbloom ol>Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA Am J Ther 9:5-14 | Scientific Experts
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biological agents: anthrax, small pox, plague, virus - texastexashelp.tamu.edu/006-violence-terrorism/biological-agents. ...
acp: bioterrorism and disaster preparednesswww.acponline.org/clinical_information/resources/bioterroris ...
acp: bioterrorism and disaster preparednesswww.acponline.org/clinical_information/resources/bioterroris ...
acp - pda portalwww.acponline.org/running_practice/technology/mobile_computi ...
bioterrorism sourceswww.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/sci/biot.html
nyusm chipchip.med.nyu.edu/datafiles/mostcited/mostcitedbio.html#anthr ...
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division of specialized information services creates biological warfare sitewww.nlm.nih.gov/news/sisbiolwar02.html
bush approves quarantine authority for mystery illnesswww.rmi.gsu.edu/rmi/faculty/klein/RMI_3500/Readings/Other/SA ...
junin viruspathport.vbi.vt.edu/pathinfo/pathogens/Junin_virus.html
biocontainment unit - health services - the nebraska medical centerwww.nhsnet.org/Services/BiocontainmentUnit/Default.aspx
factsheet: crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever | cdc special pathogens branchwww.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/omsk.htm
lassa fever | cdc special pathogens branchwww.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/lassaf.htm
lymphocytic choriomeningitis (lcmv) | cdc special pathogens branchwww.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/lcmv/qa.htm
factsheet: crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever | cdc special pathogens branchwww.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/kyasanur.htm
high risk diseases for travelers, robert wood johnson university hospital, new brunswick, nj, 08903www.rwjuh.edu/health_information/adult_travel_highhub.html
non-dengue viral hemorrhagic feverswww.tropical.umn.edu/TTM/Cases/talks/Hemorrhagic Fever_files ...
vm9086, advanced emerging infectious diseases, homepagecourses.iddl.vt.edu/AEID_II/
marburg hemorrhagic fever: cdc assists in public health response to marburg hemorrhagic fever outbreak in angola | cdc special pathogens branchwww.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/marburg/cdcrole ...
non-dengue viral hemorrhagic feverswww.tropical.umn.edu/TTM/Cases/talks/Hemorrhagic Fever_files ...
high risk diseases for travelers - travel medicine - the nebraska medical centerwww.nhsnet.org/ManageHealth/libraries/Default.aspx?P=1440
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ol>Research Grants
1 Z01 AI000938-03 RV Paramyxoviruses as Vaccine VectorsPeter L Collins; Fiscal Year: 2006
..These data suggest the feasibility of intranasal immunization against severe viral hemorrhagic fevers. The immunogenicity and protective efficacy of the vectored vaccine did not appear to be enhanced by co-..
Cytokine patterns in guinea pig arenavirus diseaseJudith F Aronson; Fiscal Year: 2004
..cytokines are important effectors in the terminal pathophysiology of septic shock and other viral hemorrhagic fevers, and some have direct anti-viral effects in cultured cells...
Therapeutics for Pox, Filo and Other Viral PathogensStewart W Schneller; Fiscal Year: 2007
..Among that group of pathogens are smallpox and the viral hemorrhagic fevers (including the filoviruses Ebola and Marburg)...
Recombinant Yellow Fever 17D-Lassa VaccineIgor S Lukashevich; Fiscal Year: 2008
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Yellow Fever (YF) and Lassa Fever (LF) are two viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) endemic for West and Central Africa...
Recombinant Yellow Fever 17D-Lassa VaccineIgor S Lukashevich; Fiscal Year: 2007
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Yellow Fever (YF) and Lassa Fever (LF) are two viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) endemic for West and Central Africa...
Aminoglycoside Antivirals to Combat ArenavirusesJuan C de la Torre; Fiscal Year: 2004
..that cause important and severe human diseases like Lassa fever virus (LFV) and the South American viral hemorrhagic fevers (SAHF). In addition, weaponized forms of these viruses pose a real threat as agents of bioterrorism...
Pathobiology and Small-Molecule Inhibition of Arenavirus InfectionANDREW MICHAEL LEE; Fiscal Year: 2008
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Viral hemorrhagic fevers represent a serious public health problem, with recurring outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever occurring in all parts of the world...
Pathobiology and Small-Molecule Inhibition of Arenavirus InfectionANDREW MICHAEL LEE; Fiscal Year: 2007
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Viral hemorrhagic fevers represent a serious public health problem, with recurring outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever occurring in all parts of the world...
Neutralizing Compounds for Viral Hemorrhagic FeverRichard S Larson; Fiscal Year: 2005
..The CDC has ranked viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHP) among the highest of the potential bioterror threats, in part because of their high case-fatality ..
B.abortus-based vaccine against viral hemorrhagic feversRamesh Vemulapalli; Fiscal Year: 2004
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) are severe and life-threatening diseases caused by several viruses...
TF Signaling in Systemic InflammationWolfram Ruf; Fiscal Year: 2008
..is a hallmark of diverse systemic inflammatory response syndromes associated with bacterial sepsis and viral hemorrhagic fevers. In the previous funding period of this grant, we have used a mouse model of severe endotoxemia to define ..
Identification of Ebola Virus Entry InhibitorsArnab Basu; Fiscal Year: 2007
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Ebola virus (EBOV) causes periodic outbreaks of severe viral hemorrhagic fevers in Africa with high mortality rates in infected patients...
A Cellular Receptor for New World ArenavirusesHyeryun Choe; Fiscal Year: 2008
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Arenaviruses cause severe viral hemorrhagic fevers in humans...
A Cellular Receptor for New World ArenavirusesHyeryun Choe; Fiscal Year: 2007
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Arenaviruses cause severe viral hemorrhagic fevers in humans...
Chimeric VLP Vaccines for Viral Hemorrhagic FeverRichard W Compans; Fiscal Year: 2003
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF's) involve severe disease symptoms and high mortality rates, and the potential for natural reemergence and spread of the viral agents...
Host Genetics and Symptomatic Dengue InfectionRonald E Blanton; Fiscal Year: 2004
..The results of this study may help predict populations at risk, may influence vaccine design or may aid in understanding and managing other viral hemorrhagic fevers.
Genetics of Innate Immunity in Human Leptospirosis in BrazilJoseph M Vinetz; Fiscal Year: 2007
..The fulminant hemorrhagic form of leptospirosis can closely mimic a number of viral hemorrhagic fevers caused by potential bioterrorism agents...
Genetics of Innate Immunity in Human Leptospirosis in BrazilJoseph M Vinetz; Fiscal Year: 2008
..The fulminant hemorrhagic form of leptospirosis can closely mimic a number of viral hemorrhagic fevers caused by potential bioterrorism agents...
Neutralizing Compounds for Viral Hemorrhagic FeverRichard S Larson; Fiscal Year: 2003
..The CDC has ranked viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) among the highest of the potential bioterror threats, in part because of their high case-fatality ..
CTL pathogenesis after infection of vaccinated hostJohn T Harty; Fiscal Year: 2008
..Finally, agents that cause viral hemorrhagic fevers, including some LCMV strains, are CDC class A biodefense agents...
CTL pathogenesis after infection of vaccinated hostJohn T Harty; Fiscal Year: 2007
..Finally, agents that cause viral hemorrhagic fevers, including some LCMV strains, are CDC class A biodefense agents...
ol>Publications
Confronting bioterrorism: physicians on the front linePrathibha Varkey
Division of Preventive Medicine and Occupational Medicine and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Mayo Clin Proc 77:661-72
Division of Preventive Medicine and Occupational Medicine and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Mayo Clin Proc 77:661-72
..The diseases discussed include anthrax, smallpox, tularemia, plague, botulism, and viral hemorrhagic fevers. Despite the unpredictable nature of bioterrorism, disaster preparedness and knowledge of essential ..
Syndromic surveillance and bioterrorism-related epidemicsJames W Buehler
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 9:1197-204
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 9:1197-204
Histopathology and immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis of bioterrorism agentsJeannette Guarner
Infectious Disease Pathology Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop G32, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Histochem Cytochem 54:3-11
Infectious Disease Pathology Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop G32, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Histochem Cytochem 54:3-11
..with specific emphasis on the role of pathology and immunohistochemistry and will describe the histopathologic features of category A bioterrorism agents (anthrax, plague, tularemia, botulism, smallpox, and viral hemorrhagic fevers).
Bioterrorism and catastrophe response: a quick-reference guide to resourcesSusan Z Han
Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 134:745-52
Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 134:745-52
..with the greatest potential for use as weapons: anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox, tularemia and viral hemorrhagic fevers. This article presents Web site and journal citations for background and patient-oriented information (..
Molecular diagnostic techniques for use in response to bioterrorismMarcia A Firmani
Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1900 Gravier Street, New Orleans, LA 70112 2223, USA
Expert Rev Mol Diagn 3:605-16
Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1900 Gravier Street, New Orleans, LA 70112 2223, USA
Expert Rev Mol Diagn 3:605-16
..Consequently, the molecular diagnostic techniques that have recently been developed for the diseases associated with these agents will be emphasized...
Recognition and management of bioterrorism infectionsMark L Higdon
Family Practice Residency Program, Martin Army Community Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia, USA
Am Fam Physician 67:1927-34
Family Practice Residency Program, Martin Army Community Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia, USA
Am Fam Physician 67:1927-34
..Many resources are available to physicians when a bioterrorism attack is suspected, including local public health agencies and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Threats in bioterrorism. I: CDC category A agentsRobert G Darling
Operational Medicine Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases USAMRIID, 1425 Porter Street, ATTN MCMR UIM O, Fort Detrick, MD 21702 5011, USA
Emerg Med Clin North Am 20:273-309
Operational Medicine Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases USAMRIID, 1425 Porter Street, ATTN MCMR UIM O, Fort Detrick, MD 21702 5011, USA
Emerg Med Clin North Am 20:273-309
..Thus, it is imperative that plans be developed now to deal with the consequences of an intentional release of any one or more of these pathogens...
Bioterrorism: a clinical realityRobert J Leggiadro
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx, NY, USA
Pediatr Ann 36:352-8
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx, NY, USA
Pediatr Ann 36:352-8
[Emerging or re-emerging infections that can be used for bioterrorism]Philippe Bossi
Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpêtrière, 47 83, boulevard de l Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
Presse Med 34:149-55
Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpêtrière, 47 83, boulevard de l Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
Presse Med 34:149-55
..INFECTIONS THAT REQUIRE RECOGNITION: The role of practitioners in the rapid recognition of bioterrorism-related infections is crucial. Hence, updated knowledge on these potentially emerging or reemerging infections is required...
Biological and chemical agents: a brief synopsisMark Rosenbloom
Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
Am J Ther 9:5-14
Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
Am J Ther 9:5-14
..The information provided outlines the bare essentials needed to deal with any emergency or catastrophic event involving these agents...
Defensive applications of gene transfer technology in the face of bioterrorism: DNA-based vaccines and immune targetingCatherine J Ackley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755-1404, USA
Expert Opin Biol Ther 3:1279-89
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755-1404, USA
Expert Opin Biol Ther 3:1279-89
..While most of these strategies are not yet ready for human application, DNA-based vaccines appear to be among the most promising in the fight against bioterrorism...
Anthrax, tularemia, plague, ebola or smallpox as agents of bioterrorism: recognition in the emergency roomB A Cunha
Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola and State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York 11501, USA
Clin Microbiol Infect 8:489-503
Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola and State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York 11501, USA
Clin Microbiol Infect 8:489-503
..The review concludes with suggestions for postexposure prophylaxis and therapy...
Radiologic manifestations of potential bioterrorist agents of infectionLoren Ketai
Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico Health Science Center, 915 Camino de Salud N.E, Albuquerque, NM 87131-5336, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 180:565-75
Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico Health Science Center, 915 Camino de Salud N.E, Albuquerque, NM 87131-5336, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 180:565-75
BioterrorismTheodore J Cieslak
Department of Pediatrics, Brooke Army Medical Center, 3851 Roger Brooke Drive, Fort Sam, Houston, TX 78234-6200, USA
Pediatr Ann 32:154-65
Department of Pediatrics, Brooke Army Medical Center, 3851 Roger Brooke Drive, Fort Sam, Houston, TX 78234-6200, USA
Pediatr Ann 32:154-65
[Bioterrorism]Tetsutaro Sata
Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Nihon Hoigaku Zasshi 59:119-25
Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Nihon Hoigaku Zasshi 59:119-25
..Both medical knowledge of bioterrorism and the preparedness with training under simulation should be required in advance...
[Germs employed as biological weapons]C G Meyer
Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 37:538-46
Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 37:538-46
Pathobiology and management of laboratory rodents administered CDC category A agentsYongqun He
Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA
Comp Med 57:18-32
Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA
Comp Med 57:18-32
..virus (smallpox), Francisella tularensis (tularemia), and the filoviruses and arenaviruses that induce viral hemorrhagic fevers. These agents are regarded as having the greatest potential for adverse impact on public health and ..
Recognizing the real threat of biological terrorRichard P Wenzel
Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298-0565, USA
Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc 113:42-53; discussion 53-5
Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298-0565, USA
Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc 113:42-53; discussion 53-5
..Herein I will review some of the issues and some of the currently available biological weapons. The major goal is to highlight the clinical presentations of patients with infections that could be used as biological weapons...
Hemorrhagic fever viruses as biological weapons: medical and public health managementLuciana Borio
Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies, Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health, 111 Market Pl, Suite 830, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
JAMA 287:2391-405
Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies, Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health, 111 Market Pl, Suite 830, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
JAMA 287:2391-405
..Initiation of ribavirin therapy in the early phases of illness may be useful in treatment of some of these viruses, although extensive experience is lacking. There are no licensed vaccines to treat the diseases caused by HFVs...
[Haemorrhagic fever viruses, possible bioterrorist use]Sophie Rigaudeau
Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpêtrière, 47 83, boulevard de l Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
Presse Med 34:169-76
Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpêtrière, 47 83, boulevard de l Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
Presse Med 34:169-76
..Except for yellow fever, there is no vaccination for the other forms of viral haemorrhagic fever...
Bichat guidelines for the clinical management of haemorrhagic fever viruses and bioterrorism-related haemorrhagic fever virusesPhilippe Bossi
Task Force on Biological and Chemical Agent Threats, Public Health Directorate, European Commission, Luxembourg
Euro Surveill 9:E11-2
Task Force on Biological and Chemical Agent Threats, Public Health Directorate, European Commission, Luxembourg
Euro Surveill 9:E11-2
..Ribavirin is recommended for the treatment and the prophylaxis of the arenaviruses and the bunyaviruses, but is not effective for the other families. All patients must be isolated and receive intensive supportive therapy...
Therapeutic options for diseases due to potential viral agents of bioterrorismMichael S Bronze
Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Williams Pavilion, Room WP2080, 920 Stanton Young Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73190, USA
Curr Opin Investig Drugs 4:172-8
Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Williams Pavilion, Room WP2080, 920 Stanton Young Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73190, USA
Curr Opin Investig Drugs 4:172-8
..Genomic analysis of the viral pathogen and the animal model response to infection may provide valuable information enabling the development of novel treatment and prevention strategies. Current knowledge of these strategies is reviewed...
Hemorrhagic fevers and bioterrorStephen A Berger
Department of Microbiology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 4:513-9
Department of Microbiology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 4:513-9
Hospital preparedness and management of patients affected by viral haemorrhagic fever or smallpox at the Lazzaro Spallanzani Institute, ItalyG Ippolito
Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy
Euro Surveill 10:36-9
Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy
Euro Surveill 10:36-9
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Defending against viruses in biowarfare. How to respond to smallpox, encephalitides, hemorrhagic feversTimothy M Straight
Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6800 Georgia Ave, Washington, DC 20317, USA
Postgrad Med 112:75-6, 79-80, 85-6
Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6800 Georgia Ave, Washington, DC 20317, USA
Postgrad Med 112:75-6, 79-80, 85-6
..Awareness and preparedness are instrumental in reducing viral transmission and improving survival of the victims...
Hemorrhagic fever virusesDavid C Pigott
Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL 35249 7013, USA
Crit Care Clin 21:765-83, vii
Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL 35249 7013, USA
Crit Care Clin 21:765-83, vii
..Important aspects of management, including recognition of infected patients, isolation and decontamination procedures, as well as available vaccines and therapies are emphasized...
What caused the Black Death?C J Duncan
School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
Postgrad Med J 81:315-20
School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
Postgrad Med J 81:315-20
..Epidemics of haemorrhagic plague over the next three centuries then steadily raised the frequency in Europe (but not elsewhere) to present day values...
Reappraisal of the historical selective pressures for the CCR5-Delta32 mutationS R Duncan
Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, UK
J Med Genet 42:205-8
Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, UK
J Med Genet 42:205-8
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Wave-like spread of Ebola ZairePeter D Walsh
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Primatology, Leipzig, Germany
PLoS Biol 3:e371
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Primatology, Leipzig, Germany
PLoS Biol 3:e371
..Controlling the impact of Ebola on wild apes and human populations may be more feasible than previously recognized...
Outbreaks of filovirus hemorrhagic fever: time to refocus on the patientDaniel G Bausch
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
J Infect Dis 196:S136-41
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
J Infect Dis 196:S136-41
..quot; A summary of the opportunities for and challenges to improving treatment of filovirus hemorrhagic fevers is presented here...
Lessons from nosocomial viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaksSusan P Fisher Hoch
Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Brownsville Campus, Brownsville, TX, USA
Br Med Bull 73:123-37
Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Brownsville Campus, Brownsville, TX, USA
Br Med Bull 73:123-37
..Educating the public to demand higher standards could be a powerful tool. Good practices are difficult to establish and maintain on the scale needed...
A clinical guide to viral haemorrhagic fevers: Ebola, Marburg and LassaBenjamin Jeffs
Medicens Sans Frontieres, Spain
Trop Doct 36:1-4
Medicens Sans Frontieres, Spain
Trop Doct 36:1-4
..This article gives a brief overview of diseases caused by the Ebola, Marburg and Lassa viruses. It gives some practical advice to the clinician on the diagnosis and management of these diseases...
Imported viral haemorrhagic fever with a potential for person-to-person transmission: review and recommendations for initial management of a suspected case in BelgiumR Colebunders
Departement Klinische Wetenschappen, Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Nationalestraat 155, B 2000 Antwerpen
Acta Clin Belg 57:233-40
Departement Klinische Wetenschappen, Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Nationalestraat 155, B 2000 Antwerpen
Acta Clin Belg 57:233-40
..Using universal precautions for handling blood and body fluids and barrier nursing techniques there is little risk that if a patient with viral haemorrhagic fever arrives in Belgium there will be secondary cases...
Persistence of category A select agents in the environmentRyan Sinclair
Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 74:555-63
Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 74:555-63
Mitogen therapy for biological warfare/terrorist attacks and viral hemorrhagic fever controlBruce M Wimer
Cancer Biother Radiopharm 17:19-28
Cancer Biother Radiopharm 17:19-28
..A key objective would be to find an effective management for the dreaded viral hemorrhagic fevers. Using Ebola infection as an experimental model, Yang et al...
[Viral hemorrhagic fever as a biological weapon]Eyal Robenshtok
Harefuah 141:96-9, 119
Harefuah 141:96-9, 119
..This paper reviews the viruses that cause hemorrhagic fever, and their role as possible warfare agents...
The potential role of viral pathogens as agents of bioterrorismMichael S Bronze
Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Room WP2080, 920 Stanton Young Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73190, USA
J Okla State Med Assoc 96:29-33
Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Room WP2080, 920 Stanton Young Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73190, USA
J Okla State Med Assoc 96:29-33
Viral hemorrhagic feversAileen M Marty
Battelle Memorial Institute, Suite 601, 1550 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202 4172, USA
Clin Lab Med 26:345-86, viii
Battelle Memorial Institute, Suite 601, 1550 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202 4172, USA
Clin Lab Med 26:345-86, viii
..While significant progress has been made over the last several years in dissecting out the molecular biology and pathogenesis of the HF viruses, there are currently no vaccines or drugs licensed available for most of the VHFs...
Modes of transmission of hemorrhagic feverLeonard J Morse
JAMA 288:571; author reply 571
JAMA 288:571; author reply 571
[Biological weapons. II. Smallpox, botulinum toxin, hemorrhagic fever viruses]Wolfram Christ
Med Monatsschr Pharm 26:13-22
Med Monatsschr Pharm 26:13-22
Biological warfare and the skin II: virusesTheodore J Cieslak
San Antonio Military Pediatric Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Clin Dermatol 20:355-64
San Antonio Military Pediatric Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Clin Dermatol 20:355-64
[Dengue and other hemorrhagic viral fevers]Cristina Domingo Carrasco
Laboratorio de Arbovirus y Enfermedades Víricas Importadas, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 23:615-26
Laboratorio de Arbovirus y Enfermedades Víricas Importadas, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 23:615-26
Few diseases generate such alarm among the general population and health professionals as viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs)...
The role of reverse genetics systems in studying viral hemorrhagic feversHideki Ebihara
Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
Thromb Haemost 94:240-53
Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
Thromb Haemost 94:240-53
..Here we review the existing reverse genetics systems for VHF causing viruses and discuss their use in studying viral replication, pathogenesis, and the development of antivirals and vaccines...
[The use of monoclonal antibodies in studying the causative agents of viral hemorrhagic fevers]G V Borisevich
Vopr Virusol 48:4-8
Vopr Virusol 48:4-8
..The methodological specificity of obtaining the Mabs to viral hemorrhagic-fevers' agents as well as data on its practical use are discussed...
Infectious disease surveillance updatePam Das
Lancet Infect Dis 2:133
Lancet Infect Dis 2:133
[Hemorrhagic (Marburg, Ebola, Lassa, and Bolivian) fevers: epidemiology, clinical pictures, and treatment]I V Borisevich
Vopr Virusol 51:8-16
Vopr Virusol 51:8-16
..Particular emphasis is laid on the methods for infection diagnosis and on the studies to design specific protective agents--immunoglobulins and inactivated vaccines...
Alkhumra virus infection, a new viral hemorrhagic fever in Saudi ArabiaTariq A Madani
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
J Infect 51:91-7
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
J Infect 51:91-7
..The role of arthropods such as ticks and mosquitoes, and animals such as sheep, goat, and rodents in the transmission and maintenance of the virus remains to be elucidated...
A reassortant bunyavirus isolated from acute hemorrhagic fever cases in Kenya and SomaliaM D Bowen
Special Pathogens Branch, Divivion of Viral and Ricksettial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Virology 291:185-90
Special Pathogens Branch, Divivion of Viral and Ricksettial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Virology 291:185-90
..The association of this reassortant bunyavirus, proposed name Garissa virus, with severe disease is supported by the detection of the virus RNA in acute-phase sera taken from 12 additional hemorrhagic fever cases in the region...
[Infectiology -- new scenarios, ever increasing tasks]W V Kern
Zentrum Infektiologie und Reisemedizin, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsklinikum, Freiburg
Dtsch Med Wochenschr 130:1559-62
Zentrum Infektiologie und Reisemedizin, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsklinikum, Freiburg
Dtsch Med Wochenschr 130:1559-62
[Risk of nosocomial infection in intertropical Africa--part 2: patient infection]F Simon
Service de Pathologie Infectieuse et Tropicale, l Hôpital d instruction des armées Laveran, Marseilles Armées
Med Trop (Mars) 67:197-203
Service de Pathologie Infectieuse et Tropicale, l Hôpital d instruction des armées Laveran, Marseilles Armées
Med Trop (Mars) 67:197-203
..Epidemics involving viral hemorrhagic fever are rare but highly publicized events that attest to daily neglect of nosocomial risk factors in some health care facilities..
Drought, epidemic disease, and the fall of classic period cultures in Mesoamerica (AD 750-950). Hemorrhagic fevers as a cause of massive population lossRodolfo Acuna Soto
Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México City, D F C P 04510, Mexico
Med Hypotheses 65:405-9
Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México City, D F C P 04510, Mexico
Med Hypotheses 65:405-9
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Ngari virus is a Bunyamwera virus reassortant that can be associated with large outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever in AfricaSonja R Gerrard
Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Virol 78:8922-6
Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Virol 78:8922-6
..Ngari virus should be considered when investigating hemorrhagic fever outbreaks throughout sub-Saharan Africa...
Treating viral hemorrhagic feverAlbert T A Mairuhu
Slotervaart Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Louwesweg 6, 1066 EC Amsterdam, The Netherlands
IDrugs 6:1061-6
Slotervaart Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Louwesweg 6, 1066 EC Amsterdam, The Netherlands
IDrugs 6:1061-6
b>Viral hemorrhagic fevers are illnesses associated with a number of geographically restricted, mostly tropical areas. Over recent decades a number of new hemorrhagic fever viruses have emerged...
Megadrought and megadeath in 16th century MexicoRodolfo Acuna-Soto
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico
Emerg Infect Dis 8:360-2
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico
Emerg Infect Dis 8:360-2
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Ebola-Poe: a modern-day parallel of the red death?Setu K Vora
Emerg Infect Dis 8:1521-3
Emerg Infect Dis 8:1521-3
The model of response to viral haemorrhagic fevers of the National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani"O Armignacco
National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
J Biol Regul Homeost Agents 15:314-21
National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
J Biol Regul Homeost Agents 15:314-21
..A brief overview of procedures and equipment adopted is provided...
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