Hemorrhagic fever is caused by arenaviruses, filoviruses, bunyaviruses, and flaviviruses. It is characterized by high contagiousness, lethality, and a pathogenesis involving hypercoagulation, progressive coagulopathy, defibrinogenesis, and potential recovery. Symptoms include hemorrhagic syndrome, intoxication, and high mortality, though immunity is long-lasting. Hemorrhagic fever is classified into mosquito-borne, tick-borne, and contagious types, with specific diseases listed under each type.