A clinical guide to viral haemorrhagic fevers: Ebola, Marburg and Lassa.
The viral haemorrhagic fevers are a group of diseases that share many clinical features. Ebola, Marburg and Lassa are diseases that cause a relatively small number of deaths globally, but pose special risks to medical staff due to the ease of transmission, and can have a profound impact to the communities they affect. 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.
Medicens Sans Frontieres, Spain. BENJAMIN.JEFFS@lshtm.ac.uk
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D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D006482:Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D007835:Lassa Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D008379:Marburg Virus Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology