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African hemorrhagic fever: Welcome to Marburg country

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Garth Dickinson
Garth Dickinson*
Affiliation:
Harare, Zimbabwe, and the University of Ottawa
*
garth@icon.co.zw

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African hemorrhagic fevers are lethal, incurable viral infections with a notorious propensity to afflict health care workers. Lassa and Ebola are the best-known culprits, and these killers spread fear well beyond their geographic range. Chances are your hospital has a plan to deal with febrile travellers returning from endemic regions of Africa. Such plans involve isolation, space suit technology and desperate calls to public health and tropical disease experts.

Type
International EM • MU Internationale
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , July 1999 , pp. 130 - 131
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 1999