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Patients receive supportive therapy, but generally speaking, there is no other treatment or established cure for VHFs. [[Ribavirin]], an anti-viral drug, has been effective in treating some individuals with Lassa fever or HFRS. Treatment with convalescent-phase plasma has been used with success in some patients with Argentine hemorrhagic fever. | Patients receive supportive therapy, but generally speaking, there is no other treatment or established cure for VHFs. [[Ribavirin]], an anti-viral drug, has been effective in treating some individuals with [[Lassa fever]] or [[HFRS]]. Treatment with convalescent-phase plasma has been used with success in some patients with Argentine hemorrhagic fever. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Patients receive supportive therapy, but generally speaking, there is no other treatment or established cure for VHFs. Ribavirin, an anti-viral drug, has been effective in treating some individuals with Lassa fever or HFRS. Treatment with convalescent-phase plasma has been used with success in some patients with Argentine hemorrhagic fever.