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Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever

MedGen UID:
508283
•Concept ID:
C0042470
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Guanarito hemorrhagic fever
SNOMED CT: Guanarito hemorrhagic fever (359673001); Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever (359673001)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0017876
Orphanet: ORPHA319234

Definition

Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever (VHF), caused by the Guanarito virus, is a viral hemorrhagic disease characterized by fever, headache, arthralgia, sore throat, convulsions, and hemorrhagic manifestations. [from ORDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVVenezuelan hemorrhagic fever
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PubMed

Dengue 2 genotypes in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Cisneros A, Díaz-Badillo A, Cruz-Martínez G, Tovar R, Ramírez-Palacios LR, Jiménez-Rojas F, Beaty B, Black WC 4th, de Lourdes Muñoz M
Arch Virol 2006 Jan;151(1):113-25. Epub 2005 Aug 12 doi: 10.1007/s00705-005-0595-9. PMID: 16096709

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

An updated review and current challenges of Guanarito virus infection, Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever.
Silva-Ramos CR, Montoya-Ruíz C, Faccini-Martínez ÁA, Rodas JD
Arch Virol 2022 Sep;167(9):1727-1738. Epub 2022 May 17 doi: 10.1007/s00705-022-05453-3. PMID: 35579715Free PMC Article
South American Hemorrhagic Fevers: A summary for clinicians.
Frank MG, Beitscher A, Webb CM, Raabe V; members of the Medical Countermeasures Working Group of the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center’s (NETEC’s) Special Pathogens Research Network (SPRN)
Int J Infect Dis 2021 Apr;105:505-515. Epub 2021 Feb 18 doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.02.046. PMID: 33610781

Diagnosis

An updated review and current challenges of Guanarito virus infection, Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever.
Silva-Ramos CR, Montoya-Ruíz C, Faccini-Martínez ÁA, Rodas JD
Arch Virol 2022 Sep;167(9):1727-1738. Epub 2022 May 17 doi: 10.1007/s00705-022-05453-3. PMID: 35579715Free PMC Article
Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever: clinical and epidemiological studies of 165 cases.
de Manzione N, Salas RA, Paredes H, Godoy O, Rojas L, Araoz F, Fulhorst CF, Ksiazek TG, Mills JN, Ellis BA, Peters CJ, Tesh RB
Clin Infect Dis 1998 Feb;26(2):308-13. doi: 10.1086/516299. PMID: 9502447
Field studies on the epidemiology of Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever: implication of the cotton rat Sigmodon alstoni as the probable rodent reservoir.
Tesh RB, Wilson ML, Salas R, De Manzione NM, Tovar D, Ksiazek TG, Peters CJ
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1993 Aug;49(2):227-35. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1993.49.227. PMID: 8395143

Prognosis

Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever: clinical and epidemiological studies of 165 cases.
de Manzione N, Salas RA, Paredes H, Godoy O, Rojas L, Araoz F, Fulhorst CF, Ksiazek TG, Mills JN, Ellis BA, Peters CJ, Tesh RB
Clin Infect Dis 1998 Feb;26(2):308-13. doi: 10.1086/516299. PMID: 9502447

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