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Omsk hemorrhagic fever is an acute viral disease that was found in Omsk, west Siberia in Russia. The disease presents with fever, headache, nausea, severe muscle pain, cough, and moderately severe hemorrhagic manifestations. Dermacentor reticulatus ticks are the main vector of Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus, but people are mainly infected after contact with infected muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus).
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