Hemorrhagic Fevers Overview

You can get these infections by touching infected people, animals, or insects, or their body fluids, such as their saliva, urine, droppings, or blood

Doctors can tell if you have hemorrhagic fever by doing blood tests

No medicine can cure hemorrhagic fevers, so doctors treat your symptoms, give you fluids, and make sure your organs are working well

Sometimes, they'll try antiviral medicines

Ebola Ebola Virus and Marburg Virus Infections Ebola and Marburg are rare viral infections that cause fever and bleeding. Both viruses usually infect animals, not people. When they infect people they can be deadly. The viruses infect people... read more , in parts of Africa

Lassa fever Lassa Fever and South American Hemorrhagic Fevers Lassa fever and South American hemorrhagic fevers caused by arenaviruses are viral infections that cause bleeding (hemorrhage) and organ malfunction. They often result in death. These infections... read more , in West Africa

Dengue fever Dengue Fever Dengue is a viral infection spread by mosquitoes. A more serious version of the disease, called dengue hemorrhagic fever, causes bleeding and can be deadly. Dengue is most common in the tropics... read more , in Asia and South America

Hantavirus Hantavirus Infection Hantavirus is a viral infection spread by the urine and droppings of mice and rats. Hantavirus can cause life-threatening lung and kidney infections. You can get hantavirus by breathing air... read more , in the United States, Central and South America, Europe, and Korea

Yellow fever Yellow Fever Yellow fever is a viral infection spread by mosquitoes. You get yellow fever from being bitten by an infected mosquito Mosquitoes in tropical areas of central Africa, Central America, and South... read more , in tropical areas of Africa and South America

Bleeding under your skin and from your mouth, nose, or organs

Fever

Muscle and body aches

Fatigue and weakness

When severe, coma, shock Shock Shock is a life-threatening condition in which blood flow to the organs is low, decreasing delivery of oxygen and thus causing organ damage and sometimes death. Blood pressure is usually low... read more , and failure of the lungs, liver and kidneys