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The hemorrhagic fevers of Southern Africa with special reference to studies in the South African Institute for Medical Research

Gear, J.H.

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 55(3-4): 207-212

1982

ISSN/ISBN: 0044-0086
PMID: 6897472
Accession: 001267534
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Included in this account is mention of 2 American visitors who developed high fever and were in an incipient haemorrhagic state (due to Trypanosoma rhodesiense infection) and a young man who, following a visit to Zimbabwe, developed an illness characterized by high fever and melena (he was infected with Plasmodium falciparum and Marburg virus).

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