hemorrhagic fever

noun

, Pathology.

any of several arbovirus infections, as dengue, characterized by fever, chills, and malaise followed by hemorrhages of capillaries, sometimes leading to kidney failure and death.

hemorrhagic fever

/ hĕm′ə-răj′ĭk /

Any of a group of viral infections, including dengue , Ebola virus infection and yellow fever , that occur primarily in tropical climates, are usually transmitted to humans by arthropods or rodents, and are characterized by high fever, internal bleeding, hypotension, and eventual shock.

Many doomsday preppers have spent their lives stocking up for an emergency of the type this contagious hemorrhagic fever presents.

The only thing more terrifying than the spread of Ebola is when the hemorrhagic fever spreads to pregnant women.

An unusually lethal hemorrhagic fever was sweeping through the region.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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