Epidemic Hemorrhagic Fever in Argentina

Electrocardiographic findings in epidemic hemorrhagic fever.

1998 Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Epidemic in Taiwan

patients. Two of these five had concurrent S. haematobium, compared to no cases in nonosteomyelitis patients; a Fisher exact test showed this difference to be significant (p < 0.02). These limited and preliminary data are consistent with the relationship between leprosy (caused by a mycobacterium related to the one causing Buruli ulcer, M. leprae) and concurrent helminth infections. The severit...

Epidemic hemorrhagic fever complicated with late pregnancy

RATIONALE Hantaviruses cause two forms of diseases in humans, namely hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Hantavirus infections can occur in pregnant women, and could influence the maternal and fetal outcomes, although this is a rare finding, even in endemic areas. PATIENT CONCERNS In this report, we describe anunusual case involving a pregnant woman...

Epidemic of Ebola Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Hits Bundibugyo District

It is amazing how time flies; 2007 which ends in 2 weeks has been a very eventful and busy year for the cluster. The year witnessed many major epidemic outbreaks and natural disasters which include the meningitis outbreak in west Nile region, cholera in Kitgum district (spill over from 2006), Marburg in Kamwenge, floods in Teso, Karamoja and northern Uganda, Hepatitis E in Kitgum and recently E...

Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever and Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever

media coverage when outbreaks occur. The causative organisms are found in tropical Africa and the Philippines. They belong to the Filoviridae family. Clinical presentations of the viral infections they cause share many common characteristics. At least 6 Marburg virus outbreaks and 21 Ebola virus outbreaks have been documented to date (Table 1). More outbreaks have probably occurred in remote ar...