Viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHF) is a group of very infectious and potentially life threatening diseases caused by a group of viruses generally after exposure to an infected arthropod, rodent or other animal. They affect multiple organ systems.
Viral haemorrhagic fevers can be grouped by the family of the virus that causes it:
| Arenaviridae: | Bunyaviridae: | Filoviridae: | Flaviviridae: |
| Chapare hemorrhagic fever | Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever | Ebola | Dengue fever |
| Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever | Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome | Marburg hemorrhagic fever | Kyasanur forest disease |
| Argentine hemorrhagic fever | Rift Valley fever | Omsk hemorrhagic fever | |
| Lassa fever | Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome | Yellow fever | |
| Lujo hemorrhagic fever | Severe fever and thrombocytopenia syndrome | ||
| Lymphocytic choriomeningitis |
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