Author/Editor		Trampuž, Andrej
Title		Vnešene virusne hemoragične mrzlice
Translated title		Imported viral hemorrhagic fevers
Type		članek
Source		Med Razgl
Vol. and No.		Letnik 39, št. Suppl 8
Publication year		2000
Volume		str. 79-84
Language		slo
Abstract		More than 150 arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) or zoonotic viruses are known to cause human disease in the tropics. Although the majority of these infections are self-limited febrile illnesses whose principal consequence may be to inconvenience on a journey, others result in potentially life-threatening neurologic or systemic illnesses or cause syndromes with subacute or chronic sequelae. In diagnosing and treating ill returned travellers, physicians should consider the geographic distribution, modes of transmission, and incubation period, as well as their clinical manifestations. Rapid diagnosis of these infections are critical to initiate appropriate, potentially life-saving, antiviral therapy (if available) and to prevent secondary spread to health care workers and family members. This paper describes the most important tropical viral hemorrhagic fevers.
Summary		V tropih je več kot 150 arbovirusov (s členonožci prenešeni virusi) in zoonotičnih virusov, patogenih za človeka. Čeprav večina od njih poteka kot samoomejitvena vročinska bolezen, ki povzroča le neprijetnost na potovanju, jih nekaj lahko povzroči življenjsko nevarne nevrološke ali sistemske bolezni s subakutnimi ali kroničnimi posledicami. Pri postavitvi diagnoze in zdravljenju popotnikov po vrnitvi s potovanja moramo upoštevati zemljepisne značilnosti, načine prenosa povzročitelja, inkubacijsko dobo ter klinične značilnosti. Hitra diagnostika je izrednega pomena za ustrezno protivirusno zdravljenje (če je na voljo) in za preprečitev sekundarnega prenosa na zdravsteno osebje in družinske člane. Članek opisuje najpomebnejše tropske virusne hemoragične mrzlice.
Descriptors		TRAVEL TROPICAL CLIMATE HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS, VIRAL YELLOW FEVER DENGUE LASSA FEVER HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, AMERICAN HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS KYASANUR FOREST DISEASE FILOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA