The number of cases, mortality and treatments of viral hemorrhagic fevers: A systematic review.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Drifa Belhadi, Majda El Baied, Guillaume Mulier, Denis Malvy, France Mentré, Cédric Laouénan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Prisma
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010889; https://doaj.org/article/3e114e7170b944b48f5a0ea187e9873f

Background Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a group of diseases, which can be endemo-epidemic in some areas of the world. Most of them are characterized by outbreaks, which occur irregularly and are hard to predict. Innovative medical countermeasures are to be evaluated but due to the field speci...