SLC2A1 and hemorrhagic fever: A key point of the present opinion is that TIM-1, a host factor that has been found to be receptor for Lassa virus, dengue virus and EBOV, could increase the expression of Glut-1 and that there could be a link between glucose and ascorbate transport, viral interactions with TIM-1 and haemorrhagic manifestations of haemorrhagic fevers.