Key facts
- Specialty
- Infectious diseases , veterinary medicine
- Symptoms
- Fever , muscle pains , headaches
- Complications
- Loss of sight, confusion , bleeding, liver problems
- Duration
- Up to a week
- Causes
- Phlebovirus spread by an infected animal or mosquito
- Diagnostic method
- Finding antibodies or the virus in the blood
- Prevention
- Vaccinating animals against the disease, decreasing mosquito bites
- Treatment
- Supportive care
- Frequency
- Outbreaks in Africa and Arabia
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Research
2,812 papersvia PubMed
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Categories
Arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic feversBiological agentsBiological anti-agriculture weaponsInsect-borne diseasesSheep and goat diseasesSource attributionTaxonbars desynced from WikidataTaxonbars on possible non-taxon pagesTaxonbars with multiple manual Wikidata itemsTropical diseasesVirus-related cutaneous conditionsZoonotic viral diseases