title: [Dengue and other hemorrhagic viral fevers].
abstract: Few diseases generate such alarm among the general population and health professionals as viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs). VHFs are acute infections with high associated mortality that are difficult to clinically diagnose and differentiate. Reliable laboratory diagnosis is required for proper patient support and to limit the risk of transmission and the development of secondary cases. Even today many factors related to origin, pathogenesis, treatment and control of these diseases remain uncertain.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Arbovirus y Enfermedades Víricas Importadas, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. domingoc@isciii.es
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Domingo-Carrasco
authors.forename: Joaquín
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gascón-Bustrenga
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000821:virology; D001116:Arenaviridae / Q000502:physiology; D002043:Bunyaviridae / Q000502:physiology; D003715:Dengue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016563:Filoviridae / Q000502:physiology; D018067:Flaviviridae / Q000502:physiology; D006482:Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000821:virology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018419:Primate Diseases / Q000821:virology; D011323:Primates; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000821:virology; D012377:Rodentia; D013987:Ticks / Q000821:virology