Viral haemorrhagic fevers casedefinitions -
Clinical criteria
Any person with at least one of the following two:
- Fever
- Haemorrhagic manifestations in various forms that may lead to multi-organ failure
Laboratory criteria
At least one of the following two:
- Isolation of specific virus from a clinical specimen
- Detection of specific virus nucleic acid in a clinical specimen and genotyping
Epidemiological criteria
At least one of the following:
- Travel in the last 21 days to a region where VHF cases are known or believed to have occurred
- Exposure within the last 21 days to a probable or confirmed case of a viral haemorrhagic fever whose onset of illness was within the last six months
Case classification
A. Possible case
NA
B. Probable case
Any person meeting the clinical criteria and with an epidemiological link
C. Confirmed case
Any person meeting the clinical and the laboratory criteria
Current as of: 28 May 2018
Information, Data and Reports for
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Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers
- Update on Ebola haemorrhagic fever outbreaks: Uganda and DR Congo
- VHF affected areas
- Viral Haemorrhagic Fever Sub-Committee
- Publications Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers
- Lassa Fever Imported into Germany
- Outbreak of Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever in Uganda
- Imported Marburg case reported in The Netherlands
- Marburg haemorrhagic fever in Uganda
- Marburg haemorrhagic fever in Uganda
- Update on Ebola haemorrhagic fever outbreaks: Uganda and DR Congo
- Update on Ebola haemorrhagic fever outbreaks: Uganda and DR Congo
- Viral haemorrhagic fevers casedefinitions
- Ebola haemorrhagic fever outbreak in Uganda
- News Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers
- National Isolation Unit at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin
- Marburg Virus Disease
- Links Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers
- Humanitarian Aid Workers
- Lassa fever
- Viral Haemorrhagic Fever Guidance
- Ebola Virus Disease
- Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
Ireland’s specialist service for the surveillance of communicable diseases.