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VHF References

General Reviews

  1. Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens. Management and control of Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers, HMSO 1996, London
  2. Centre for infectious disease research and policy (CIDRAP) University of Minnesota. Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF): Current, comprehensive information on pathogenesis, microbiology , epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prophylaxis.
  3. Marty AM, Jahrling PB, Geisbert TW, Viral hemorrhagic fevers. Clin Lab Med 2006; 26:345-386

References

  1. Borio L, Inglesby T, Peters CJ et al. Haemorrhagic fever viruses as biological weapons: medical and public health management. JAMA 2002; 287; 2391-2405
  2. Cooper CB, Gransden WR, Webster M, et al. A case of Lassa fever: experience at St Thomas' Hospital. BMJ 1982; 285; 1003-1005.
  3. Enria D, Garcia FS, Ambrosio A, Vallesjos D, et al. Current status of the treatment of Argentine haemorrhagic fever. Med Microbiol Immunol 1986; 175: 173-176
  4. Fischer-Hoch SP. Stringent precautions are not advisable when caring for patients with viral haemorrhagic fevers. Rev Med Virol 1993; 3; 7-13
  5. Fischer-Hoch SP, Khan JA, Rehman S, et al. Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever treated with oral ribavirin. Lancet 1995; 346; 472-475
  6. Franz DR, Jahrling PB, Friedlander AM et al. Clinical recognition and management of patients exposed to biological warfare agents. JAMA 1997; 278(5): 399-411
  7. Jahrling PB. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers. In: Textbook of Military Medicine (1997), edited by Zajtchuk R and Bellamy RF, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, USA
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Last reviewed: 13 May 2011