Outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Quetta, Pakistan: Contact tracing and risk assessment

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 878-882

  Altaf, Arshad ^a   Luby, Stephen ^a   Ahmed, Agha Jamil ^a   Zaidi, Najam ^a   Khan, Aamir Javed ^a   Mirza, Sheper ^a   McCormick, Joseph ^a   Fisher Hoch, Susan ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Contact study; Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever; Nosocomial; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NAIRO VIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAKISTAN; SURGEON; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0031731122     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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