| epidemic hemorrhagic f. |
an acute, febrile viral disease occurring in epidemics in northeastern Asia, and in a milder form in the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and the southwestern United States. Symptoms include fever, prostration, vomiting, hemorrhagic phenomena, shock, and renal failure. It is caused by viruses of the genus Hantavirus, which are believed to be transmitted to humans by direct or indirect contact with the excreta of infected rodents. Called also Far East or Korean hemorrhagic f., hemorrhagic or Korean hemorrhagic nephrosonephritis, hemorrhagic f. with renal syndrome, Korin f., and nephrosonephritis. Click here to view image■Oral hemorrhaging in epidemic hemorrhagic fever.
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| epidemic j. |
hepatitis A.
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| epidemic k. |
a highly infectious disease characterized by scant ocular exudate, round subepithelial corneal opacities associated with the keratitis, and often swelling of regional lymph nodes; there may also be systemic symptoms, especially headache. Adenovirus type 8 has often been isolated from patients with the disease. Called also shipyard k., viral k., and Sanders' disease.
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| epidemic keratoconjunctivitis v. |
human adenovirus type 8; see Mastadenovirus.
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| epidemic m. |
see under pleurodynia.
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