Table 3.

Mechanisms of hemorrhage in viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs).

Disease
Thrombocytopenia
Platelet Dysfunction
Reduced Levels of Coagulation Factors
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Vascular Injury (Endothelial Cell)
Argentine HF   +   +b  +   +a  +  
Bolivian HF   +   ...   ...   ...   ...  
Lassa fever   +   +b  +   ...   +d 
Dengue HF   +   +   +   +   +  
Yellow fever   +   ...   +   ±c  ...  
Omsk HF   +   ...   ...   ...   ...  
Kyasanur Forest disease   +   ...   ...   ...   ...  
Crimean-Congo HF   +   ...   +   +   +  
Rift Valley fever   +   ...   +   ±c,d  ...  
HF with renal syndrome   +   +   +   +   +  
Ebola HF   +   +d  +   +   +  
Marburg HF   +   ...   +   +   ...  
Legend: + = demonstrated abnormality or data compatible with an abnormality;... = data insufficient; ± = data equivocal  
Modified from14  
Disease
Thrombocytopenia
Platelet Dysfunction
Reduced Levels of Coagulation Factors
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Vascular Injury (Endothelial Cell)
Argentine HF   +   +b  +   +a  +  
Bolivian HF   +   ...   ...   ...   ...  
Lassa fever   +   +b  +   ...   +d 
Dengue HF   +   +   +   +   +  
Yellow fever   +   ...   +   ±c  ...  
Omsk HF   +   ...   ...   ...   ...  
Kyasanur Forest disease   +   ...   ...   ...   ...  
Crimean-Congo HF   +   ...   +   +   +  
Rift Valley fever   +   ...   +   ±c,d  ...  
HF with renal syndrome   +   +   +   +   +  
Ebola HF   +   +d  +   +   +  
Marburg HF   +   ...   +   +   ...  
Legend: + = demonstrated abnormality or data compatible with an abnormality;... = data insufficient; ± = data equivocal  
Modified from14  
a

Occurs in terminal shock.

b

Platelet inhibitor discovered in sera of severely ill patients

c

Diagnosis complicated by presence of severe liver dysfunction

d

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