Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
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A number of agents that infect lymphatics and blood cause fever, some of which are followed by internal hemorrhaging resulting in hemorrhagic fever. All the hemorrhagic fever diseases are caused by viruses that are RNA enveloped and classified as “biosafety level 4 pathogens”.
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