Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers - Test Area

 
Last Updated 04 November 2011

The text in this section is taken from the The Management of Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers in Ireland, Draft for Consultation, November 2011. Click here to see the full document and details of how to submit your feedback.

Viral haemorrhagic fever agents (VHFs) include zoonotic diseases, all of which may cause a haemorrhagic syndrome in humans. The term viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) refers to a group of illnesses caused by four distinct families of viruses: the arenaviruses, bunyaviruses, filoviruses, and flaviviruses. VHFs of particular concern are those that have the potential for person to person spread. These are: Ebola, Marburg, Lassa fever and other arena viruses, Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic fever.

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• Endemic areas and recent outbreaks
• Assessing a person with fever who has returned from an endemic area in the last 3 weeks
• Laboratory testing in Ireland
• National Isolation Unit at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin
• For a confirmed case
• Public health contact surveillance forms
• Guidance documents
• Factsheets
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