epidemic hemorrhagic fever
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Related to epidemic hemorrhagic fever: Dengue hemorrhagic fever, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
epidemic hemorrhagic fever
n.
A form of hemorrhagic fever endemic to northeastern Asia that is caused by a hantavirus and characterized in its later stages by hemorrhage, shock, and kidney failure. Also called Korean hemorrhagic fever.
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