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  • Title: [How to treat a patient with indications for an infectious viral hemorrhagic fever].
    Author: Visser LG, Schippers EF, Swaan CM, van den Broek PJ.
    Journal: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd; 2002 Nov 16; 146(46):2183-8. PubMed ID: 12467160.
    Abstract:
    Lassa, Ebola, Marburg and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever viruses are the most important causes of viral haemorrhagic fever which is transmitted from person to person through contact with blood or excreta. A non-specific fever may be the initial symptom of viral haemorrhagic fever. By means of carefully noting where the patient has travelled, possible exposure to ill persons, vectors or an animal reservoir, and the incubation period (< or = 21 days versus longer), it is possible to estimate the risk of infection with one of these viruses. Using this approach it is possible to diagnose high-risk patients in good time and to take appropriate measures.
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