[How to treat a patient with indications for an infectious viral hemorrhagic fever].
Lassa, Ebola, Marburg and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever viruses are the most important causes of viral haemorrhagic fever which is transmitted from person to person through contact with blood or excreta. A non-specific fever may be the initial symptom of viral haemorrhagic fever. By means of carefully noting where the patient has travelled, possible exposure to ill persons, vectors or an animal reservoir, and the incubation period (< or = 21 days versus longer), it is possible to estimate the risk of infection with one of these viruses. Using this approach it is possible to diagnose high-risk patients in good time and to take appropriate measures.
Visser
L G
LG
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, afd. Infectieziekten, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC Leiden.
Schippers
E F
EF
Swaan
C M
CM
van den Broek
P J
PJ
D000328:Adult; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006479:Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006482:Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007835:Lassa Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008379:Marburg Virus Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014195:Travel
D000998:Antiviral Agents