- Chapare virus
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Chapare virus causes hemorrhagic fever and is a member of the arenavirus family of viruses. The only known outbreak of Chapare virus infection occurred in the village of Samuzabeti, Chapare Province, Bolivia, in January 2003.[1] A small number of people were infected. One person died. The specific transmission vector is not known, but is suspected to be a rodent, in keeping with other members of the arenavirus family, which includes the Lassa virus.[2]
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Background
In December 2003, an outbreak of a hemorrhagic fever occurred near Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Symptoms
The symptoms include:headache, fever, body aches, Nose bleeds, gum bleeding.
Treatment
No treatment or cure has been discovered yet.
References
- ^ "New kind of killer virus discovered in Bolivia". http://www.newscientist.com. New Scientist. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13731-new-kind-of-killer-virus-discovered-in-bolivia.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn13731. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
- ^ "Chapare Virus, a Newly Discovered Arenavirus Isolated from a Fatal Hemorrhagic Fever Case in Bolivia". Public Library of Science Pathogens. http://www.plospathogens.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.ppat.1000047. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
Categories:- Hemorrhagic fevers
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