Risk factors

Living in or traveling to an area where a particular viral hemorrhagic fever is common will increase your risk of becoming infected with that particular virus. Other factors that can increase your risk include:

• Working with infected people
• Slaughtering or eating infected animals
• Sharing needles to use intravenous drugs
• Having unprotected sex
• Working outdoors or in rat-infested buildings
• Being exposed to infected blood or other body fluids