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[Viral hemorrhagic fevers in Brazil]. 2006

Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo

Centro de Pesquisa em Virologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP. ltmfigue@fmrp.usp.br

To call attention to viral hemorrhagic fevers, diseases that are mostly underdivulged and, probably, underreported, we present here case reports of the 4 diseases of this kind that occur in Brazil: yellow fever, dengue haemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome, arenavirus haemorrhagic fever and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome. Relevant clinical, epidemiological and laboratorial diagnostic aspects of these viral haemorrhagic fevers are also shown here. These diseases have a high case fatality rate, induce capillary leaking and blood coagulation disturbances that are evidenced by hemoconcentration and thrombocytopenia. An early clinical diagnosis and treatment is fundamental for patient survival.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D001938	Brazil	A country located on the eastern coast of South America, located between Colombia and Peru, that borders the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered on the north by Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, on the south by Uruguay, and on the west by Argentina. The capital is Brasilia.
D005260	Female		Females
D006478	Hemorrhagic Fever, American	Diseases caused by American hemorrhagic fever viruses (ARENAVIRUSES, NEW WORLD).	American Hemorrhagic Fever,Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever,Bolivian Hemorrhagic Fever,Brazilian Hemorrhagic Fever,Hemorrhagic Fever, Argentinian,Hemorrhagic Fever, Bolivian,Hemorrhagic Fever, Brazilian,Junin virus Infection,Machupo virus Infection,Sabia virus Infection,American Hemorrhagic Fevers,Argentinian Hemorrhagic Fever,Bolivian Hemorrhagic Fevers,Brazilian Hemorrhagic Fevers,Fever, American Hemorrhagic,Fever, Argentine Hemorrhagic,Fever, Argentinian Hemorrhagic,Fever, Bolivian Hemorrhagic,Fever, Brazilian Hemorrhagic,Hemorrhagic Fever, Argentine,Infection, Junin virus,Infection, Machupo virus,Infection, Sabia virus,Junin virus Infections,Machupo virus Infections,Sabia virus Infections
D006482	Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral	A group of viral diseases of diverse etiology but having many similar clinical characteristics; increased capillary permeability, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia are common to all. Hemorrhagic fevers are characterized by sudden onset, fever, headache, generalized myalgia, backache, conjunctivitis, and severe prostration, followed by various hemorrhagic symptoms. Hemorrhagic fever with kidney involvement is HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME.	Fever, Viral Hemorrhagic,Fevers, Viral Hemorrhagic,Hemorrhagic Fever, Viral,Viral Hemorrhagic Fever,Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D015004	Yellow Fever	An acute infectious disease primarily of the tropics, caused by a virus and transmitted to man by mosquitoes of the genera Aedes and Haemagogus. The severe form is characterized by fever, HEMOLYTIC JAUNDICE, and renal damage.	Fever, Yellow,Fevers, Yellow,Yellow Fevers
D018804	Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome	Acute respiratory illness in humans caused by the SIN NOMBRE VIRUS whose primary rodent reservoir is the deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus. First identified in the southwestern United States, this syndrome is characterized most commonly by fever, myalgias, headache, cough, and rapid respiratory failure.	HARDS,Hantavirus-Associated Respiratory Distress Syndrome,Hantavirus Associated Respiratory Distress Syndrome,Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndromes