viral hemorrhagic fever

ICAAC: Deadly New Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Described (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Wed, 09/16/2009 - 14:07

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- The mystery virus that left four of five patients with viral hemorrhagic fever dead in a 2008 outbreak in South Africa appears to be a novel arenavirus similar in severity to its viral cousin Ebola, researchers reported.