Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Oman

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 290-291

  Scrimgeour, E M ^a   Zaki, A ^b   Mehta, F R ^c   Abraham, A K ^c   Al Busaidy, S ^c   El Khatim, H ^a   Al Rawas, S F S ^a   Kamal, A M ^b   Mohammed, A J ^c  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b Suliman Fakeeh Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

Author keywords

Case reports; Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever; Oman

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECT BITE; MALE; OMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

INSECTA;

EID: 0029903283     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90254-0     Document Type: Article

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