Chapare hemorrhagic fever
MONDO:0017878Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names Chapare hemorrhagic fever yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Chapare hemorrhagic fever, caused by the Chapare virus (a new arenavirus), discovered from a small outbreak in Cochabamba, Bolivia between 2003 and 2004, is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever characterized by fever, myalgia, arthralgia, and multiple hemorrhagic signs. About a third of untreated cases go on to develop more severe symptoms with delirium, coma and convulsions and death (in one case). No other cases have been reported since.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0017878), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
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