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epidemic hemorrhagic fever
epidemic hemorrhagic fevern. A form of hemorrhagic fever endemic to northeastern Asia that is caused by a hantavirus and characterized in its later stages by hemorrhage, shock, and kidney failure. Also called Korean hemorrhagic fever.EncyclopediaSeeepidemicepidemic hemorrhagic fever
epidemic [ep″ĭ-dem´ik] occuring suddenly in numbers clearly in excess of normal expectancy, in contrast to endemic or sporadic. The term is used especially of infectious diseases but is also applied to any disease, injury, or other health-related event occurring in such outbreaks.epidemic hemorrhagic fever an acute infectious disease thought to be transmitted to humans by mites or chiggers; characteristics include fever, purpura, peripheral vascular collapse, and acute renal failure.hem·or·rhag·ic fe·ver with re·nal syn·dromea form of disorder caused by the Hantaan virus. Synonym(s): epidemic hemorrhagic fever, Korean hemorrhagic fever, Manchurian hemorrhagic fever, Songo feverep·i·dem·ic hem·or·rhag·ic fe·ver (ep'i-dem'ik hem'ŏr-aj'ik fē'vĕr) Hantavirus infection, an acute febrile disease transmitted to human beings by exposure to feces of infected rodents; besides fever, myalgia, headache, and anorexia, it causes a petechial eruption and acute renal failure, manifested by oliguria, proteinuria, azotemia, and hypertension.
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