Prevention of viral hemorrhagic fever prevention of the spread of VHF. Prevention of viral hemorrhagic fever Prevention of viral hemorrhagic fever is similar for the different viruses. There are a number of different viral hemorrhagic fevers including Ebola virus disease, Lassa fever, Rift valley fever, Marburg virus disease, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) and yellow fever. Lassa, Ebola, Marburg and CCHF can be spread by direct contact with the body fluids of those infected. Thus the content here covers the prevention of Ebola. The use of standard precautions is recommended with all patients in a healthcare environment. This includes a minimum level of standard precautions for
Bunyamwera virus Bunyamwera virus The Bunyamwera virus (BUNV) is a negative-sense, single-stranded enveloped RNA virus. It is the type species of the "Orthobunyavirus" genus, in the "Bunyavirales" order. Bunyamwera virus can infect both humans and "Aedes aegypti" (yellow fever mosquito). It is named for Bunyamwera, a town in western Uganda, where the type species was isolated in 1943. Reassortant viruses derived from Bunyamwera virus, such as "Ngari virus", which has been associated with large outbreaks of viral haemorrhagic fever in Kenya and Somalia. The genetic structure of "Bunyamwera virus" is typical for "Bunyavirales" viruses, which are a family of enveloped negative-sense, single-stranded