Sentences with phrase «of haemorrhagic fevers»

Also, given the recent concern over Lassa fever in Nigeria, which can cause symptoms easy to confuse with Ebola, West African medical systems need to develop a robust and reliable protocol for differential diagnosis of haemorrhagic fevers and other severe fevers involving gastrointestinal symptoms.

Not exact matches

In October 2017, Reuters quoted a study conducted by the Lancet Medical journal which warned that West Africa was most at risk of fatal haemorrhagic fever epidemics, including lassa fever and Ebola and called for greater preparedness to save lives.

Those were the words of Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni after announcing on 28 July that there were cases of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in the capital, Kampala.

Made into a permanent programme in 2009, it set out to sequence the genomes of potential bioterror agents, explore new drug technologies and develop «broad - spectrum» therapies that would work against multiple bacterial and viral pathogens — especially haemorrhagic fever viruses such as Ebola and Marburg.

But he has cut others, such as a five - year, $ 24.7 - million contract awarded in 2008 to Peregrine Pharmaceuticals of Tustin, California, to find antibodies against haemorrhagic fevers.

The haemorrhagic fever killed 128 of the 142 people infected, a typical death rate.

Hantavirus infection (In Brief, 10 April), also known as haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, is far more widespread than the urban areas of the US.

We made a full report to the International Commission about our preliminary conclusions and our sketch of a hypothetical epidemiological curve (Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever in Zaire.

We carry out translational research programmes to develop infectious disease vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics using animal models of tuberculosis, influenza, HIV / AIDS, Clostridium difficile, meningococcal disease, chlamydia, burkholderia and anthrax, as well as emerging viral diseases such as Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever.

Liberia has lost more than 4,800 people to the haemorrhagic fever out of more than 11,300 total victims.

Boke had reported no Ebola cases for months and then reported six cases within a fortnight in May, resulting in a list of more than 230 people deemed at risk of catching the haemorrhagic fever, according to the World Health Organization.»

Dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) and Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS) are potentially lethal complications, particularly in children, and early clinical diagnosis and careful clinical management by experienced physicians and nurses is necessary to reduce the number of fatalities.

Subsequent infections of the virus may lead to dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS), which may be fatal.