HEMORRHAGIC FEVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hemorrhagic fever mean? 

• HEMORRHAGIC FEVER (noun)
  The noun HEMORRHAGIC FEVER has 1 sense:

1. a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage

  Familiarity information: HEMORRHAGIC FEVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEMORRHAGIC FEVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

haemorrhagic fever; hemorrhagic fever; VHF; viral haemorrhagic fever; viral hemorrhagic fever

Hypernyms ("hemorrhagic fever" is a kind of...):

viral infection; virus infection (infection by a virus that is pathogenic to humans)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hemorrhagic fever"):

Argentine hemorrhagic fever (hemorrhagic fever with neurological signs; caused by the Junin virus)

Ebola; Ebola fever; Ebola hemorrhagic fever (a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding; can be spread from person to person; is largely limited to Africa)

Lassa fever (an acute contagious viral disease of central western Africa; characterized by fever and inflammation and muscular pains and difficulty swallowing; can be used as a bioweapon)

Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever (an infection common in Arab states caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by a tick that thrives on sheep)

Rift Valley fever (an infection common in Africa caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by mosquitoes or by handling infected animals)

green monkey disease; Marburg disease; Marburg hemorrhagic fever (a viral disease of green monkeys caused by the Marburg virus; when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness)

 Context examples 

This genus causes influenza-like illness and rarely hemorrhagic fevers in humans.

(Phlebovirus, NCI Thesaurus)

Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a group of illnesses caused by four families of viruses.

(Hemorrhagic Fevers, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Marburgviruses humans and primates and cause hemorrhagic fevers in humans.

(Marburgvirus, NCI Thesaurus)

Scientists have developed an investigational vaccine that protected cynomolgus macaques against four types of hemorrhagic fever viruses endemic to overlapping regions in Africa.

(Study vaccine protects monkeys against four types of hemorrhagic fever viruse, National Institutes of Health)

In some cases, dengue turns into dengue hemorrhagic fever, which causes bleeding from your nose, gums, or under your skin.

(Dengue, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Scientists worry that anthrax, botulism, Ebola and other hemorrhagic fever viruses, plague, or smallpox could be used as biological agents.

(Biodefense and Bioterrorism, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

A severe, often fatal disease in humans caused by the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO).

(Congo-Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Nairoviruses are tick-borne with human and animal hosts and cause hemorrhagic fevers and gastroenteritis in humans.

(Nairovirus, NCI Thesaurus)

The Ebolavirus natural reservoir is considered to be fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family and cause severe hemorrhagic fevers in humans.

(Ebola Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Filoviridae infect primates, pigs and bats in nature and are a causitive agent of viral hemorrhagic fevers in humans and primates.

(Filoviridae, NCI Thesaurus)