What is Chapare hemorrhagic fever?

Chapare hemorrhagic fever (CHHF) is a viral hemorrhagic fever caused by infection with Chapare virus. The Chapare virus is in the arenavirus family. Arenaviruses are usually spread to people through direct contact with infected rodents or indirectly through the urine or feces (droppings) of an infected rodent.

Is Dengue viral hemorrhagic fever?

Some viral hemorrhagic fevers include: Dengue. Ebola. Lassa.

What are the types of hemorrhagic fever?

Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a group of illnesses caused by four families of viruses. These include the Ebola and Marburg, Lassa fever, and yellow fever viruses. VHFs have common features: they affect many organs, they damage the blood vessels, and they affect the body’s ability to regulate itself.

Is dengue a VHF?

The family Flaviviridae (order Amarillovirales) includes dengue, yellow fever, and two viruses in the tick-borne encephalitis group that cause VHF: Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus and Kyasanur Forest disease virus.

Is Chapare virus curable?

Recovery. Because CHHF is rare and there have only been two described outbreaks, the precise mortality and risk factors for mortality are unknown. In the first known outbreak, the only confirmed case was fatal. In the second outbreak in 2019, three out of five documented cases were fatal (case-fatality rate of 60%).

What is Chapare virus in Bolivia?

Chapare mammarenavirus is a virus from the family Arenaviridae and causes hemorrhagic fever (Chapare hemorrhagic fever). An outbreak of Chapare mammarenavirus infection occurred in the village of Samuzabeti, Chapare Province, Bolivia, in January 2003. A small number of people were infected. One person died.

What is medical term VHF?

Viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) is an extremely infectious and life threatening disease caused by a group of viruses including the Ebola virus. Transmission can occur through bites from infected animals, person-to-person exchange of body fluids and accidental inoculation.

Is Chikungunya a hemorrhagic fever?

In contrast to dengue fever, Chikungunya fever very rarely causes hemorrhagic complications. Symptoms of bleeding should lead to consideration of alternative diagnosis or co-infection with dengue fever or coexisting congestive hepatopathy.

Is dengue hemorrhagic fever fatal?

Some patients with dengue fever go on to develop dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), a severe and sometimes fatal form of the disease. Around the time the fever begins to subside (usually 3–7 days after symptom onset), the patient may develop warning signs of severe disease.