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Viral haemorrhagic fevers: current status, future threats
Author(s) -
Speed Bryan R,
Gerrard Marie P,
Kennett Margery L,
Catton Michael G,
Harvey Bronwen M
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb101353.x
Subject(s) - outbreak , lassa fever , ebola virus , viral hemorrhagic fever , lassa virus , public health , medicine , virology , disease , ebola hemorrhagic fever , environmental health , virus , pathology
In developing countries, the major outbreaks of viral haemorrhagic fevers such as Marburg, Ebola and Lassa fever viruses have been nosocomially spread. The high mortality and absence of specific treatment have had a devastating effect. Epidemics of this highly contagious disease remain a constant threat to Australia and, as a result, carefully planned laboratory and public health strategies and clinical infection control measures have been instituted for the management of suspected cases.