HLTH1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Rift Valley Fever, Viral Encephalitis, Favipiravir
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Bundibugyo, c te d"ivoire, sudan, za re and reston - named after places. 4 of which is known to cause disease. Reservoir species - fruit bats of the pteropodidae family clinical features. Initial symptoms non-specific: sudden onset fever, muscle aches, weakness, headache and sore throat. Not very infectious in early stages of disease. Transmission during later stages of disease - contact with bodily fluids with high viral load. Case-fatality ratio is estimated to be between 50% and 90% Incorrect diagnosis often occurs - happens often when people don"t know what the disease is. In places when you get ebola - there is often misdiagnosis because there are many other diseases that have similar symptoms. Proper management techniques need to be implemented early if it is thought to be an ebola outbreak. Other category a viral fevers (marburg, lassa, yellow fever, crimean-congo, rift. Group of deaths often signifies management is needed - often looking at deaths in health workers too.
