Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHFs)

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Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) are a group of diseases that affect multiple organ systems in the body and may be accompanied by hemorrhage, or bleeding.

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What are VHFs?

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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers A-Z

Learn more about specific viral hemorrhagic fevers – their signs and symptoms, how they are spread, and how to prevent them.

Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever
Chapare hemorrhagic fever
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Ebola (Ebola Virus Disease)
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)

Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD)
Lassa fever
Lujo hemorrhagic fever
Marburg hemorrhagic fever
Omsk hemorrhagic fever

Rift Valley fever
Severe Dengue
Yellow Fever

Page last reviewed: September 2, 2021

Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology (DHCPP), Viral Special Pathogens Branch (VSPB)