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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Risk Factors

VHF should be suspected in febrile persons who, within 3 weeks before onset of fever, have either

Travelled in the specific local area of a country where VHF has recently occurred
Had direct unprotected contact with blood, other body fluids, secretions, or excretions of a person or animal with VHF or
Had a possible exposure when working in a laboratory that handles hemorrhagic fever viruses.