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Lassa virus causes Lassa fever, an acute viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF).
STIRL provides specialist and reference services to detect, investigate and characterise clinically important STI pathogens.
Arthropods and insects in particular transmit the majority of plant-infecting viruses
There are currently 2 recognised viruses that cause haemorrhagic fever illnesses in Bolivia that are classed as high consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs). These are Machupo virus (MACV) and Chapare virus (CHAPV).
Marburg virus is a filovirus which, along with Ebola virus, can cause a severe and often fatal viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF).
Examples of viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) include Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, Marburg and Ebola virus diseases.
The history of Ebola virus disease, animal reservoirs, routes of transmission and an overview of diagnosis and management.
Q fever (Coxiella burnetii) causes illness and sometimes abortion in animals, and it can lead to a pneumonia-like illness in humans.
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