What is the risk of an outbreak of hemorrhagic fevers?
There is very little risk of an outbreak of a hemorrhagic fever far from the area where it came from. Your risk increases if you travel to an area where a hemorrhagic fever is common, and there is an outbreak while you are there. Breathing in the virus that causes a hemorrhagic fever will make you very sick. It is possible that some of the hemorrhagic fever viruses can be made into an aerosol (spray). These aerosols can be made into weapons. It takes a high-level lab with special air venting and other expensive equipment to handle hemorrhagic fever viruses safely.
