TY - JOUR
T1 - Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHF)
AU - Meltzer, Eyal
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - The viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) syndrome is a potentially life-threatening infection typified by a combination of a capillary leak syndrome and bleeding diathesis. Most but not all agents causing VHF are arboviruses, with transmission to humans resulting from an arthropod bite. Agents of VHF affect humans on all continents. Population growth, urbanization, human activities, and even climate change all contribute to a continual flux in the epidemiology of many arboviruses. This review provides an overview of the epidemiology of arboviral infections and VHF, the main clinical syndromes, and their diagnosis and treatment.
AB - The viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) syndrome is a potentially life-threatening infection typified by a combination of a capillary leak syndrome and bleeding diathesis. Most but not all agents causing VHF are arboviruses, with transmission to humans resulting from an arthropod bite. Agents of VHF affect humans on all continents. Population growth, urbanization, human activities, and even climate change all contribute to a continual flux in the epidemiology of many arboviruses. This review provides an overview of the epidemiology of arboviral infections and VHF, the main clinical syndromes, and their diagnosis and treatment.
KW - Alphavirus
KW - Arbovirus
KW - Arenavirus
KW - Bunyavirus
KW - Filovirus
KW - Flavivirus
KW - Viral hemorrhagic fever
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861469778&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.idc.2012.02.003
DO - 10.1016/j.idc.2012.02.003
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C2 - 22632650
AN - SCOPUS:84861469778
VL - 26
SP - 479
EP - 496
JO - Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
JF - Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
SN - 0891-5520
IS - 2
ER -
