Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever

Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever
a sometimes fatal hemorrhagic fever occurring in west central Venezuela, primarily in settlers moving into areas of cleared forest, caused by infection with the Guanarito virus, whose major reservoir is the cotton rat Sigmodon alstoni. Besides the fever and hemorrhaging, other characteristics include headache, myalgia, weakness, nausea, vomiting, and sometimes convulsions.

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