hemorrhagic fever

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. any of several arbovirus infections, as dengue, characterized by fever, chills, and malaise followed by hemorrhages of capillaries, sometimes leading to kidney failure and death.

---

hemorrhagic fever Scientific  

/ hĕm′ə-răj′ĭk /

1. Any of a group of viral infections, including dengue, Ebola virus infection and yellow fever, that occur primarily in tropical climates, are usually transmitted to humans by arthropods or rodents, and are characterized by high fever, internal bleeding, hypotension, and eventual shock.

---

Example Sentences

The company's vaccine development pipeline also includes candidates targeting seasonal influenza, pandemic influenza threats, hemorrhagic fever viruses, and coronaviruses including SARS-CoV-2.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

There is no vaccine or specific treatment for the strain responsible for the current spread of the highly contagious hemorrhagic fever.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Old World hantaviruses, which are endemic to Africa, Asia and Europe, can cause hemorrhagic fever with kidney disease.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

In Europe and Asia, a related illness called hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, or HFRS, attacks the kidneys.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

At the request of the U.S. government, Gey took Henrietta’s cells with him to the Far East in 1953 to study hemorrhagic fever, which was killing American troops.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot