请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 hemorrhagic fever
释义

hemorrhagic fever

noun

: any of a diverse group of virus diseases (such as Lassa fever and Ebola) that are usually transmitted by arthropods or rodents and are characterized by a sudden onset, fever, aching, bleeding in the internal organs, petechiae, and shock

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The virus causes a severe viral hemorrhagic fever, according to the World Health Organization. Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 28 July 2022 The vast majority of these are viruses, in particular belonging to the hemorrhagic fever group (including Ebola, hantavirus, Lassa fever), flaviviruses (dengue, zika, yellow fever), and coronaviruses (MERS, and new strands of covid). Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 9 May 2022 Congo has seen 13 previous outbreaks of Ebola, including one in 2018-2020 in the east that killed nearly 2,300 people, the second-highest toll recorded in the history of the hemorrhagic fever. Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022 Plus, Ukraine is still bedeviled by infectious diseases that persist in emerging economies, such as tuberculosis, measles, and HIV, and is at risk of rare diseases endemic to Eurasia, such as Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. Maryn Mckenna, Wired, 29 Mar. 2022 Old World hantaviruses cause a disease called hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 4 Mar. 2022 In Xi’an in Shaanxi province, tens of thousands of residents were ordered to quarantine following outbreaks this month of covid-19 and hemorrhagic fever, a seasonal disease caused by the hantavirus. Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2021 No further cases were confirmed by health workers monitoring the 170 high-risk contacts of the first patient, who was diagnosed after succumbing to the highly infectious hemorrhagic fever. Reuters, CNN, 17 Sep. 2021 Studies were underway on Ebola, Lassa and the virus that causes Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever. New York Times, 23 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

hemorrhagic fever

noun

: any of a diverse group of virus diseases (as Korean hemorrhagic fever, Lassa fever, and Ebola) that are usually transmitted to humans by arthropods or rodents and are characterized by a sudden onset, fever, aching, bleeding in the internal organs (as of the gastrointestinal tract), petechiae, and shock
随便看

 

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/25 3:18:19