The seroepidemiological aspects of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in three health workers: A report from Iran

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 255-258

  Mehrabi Tavana, Ali ^a   Chinikar, Sadegh ^b   Mazaheri, Vahideh ^b  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bunyaviridae; Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Health workers; Nairovirus; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BUNYAVIRUS; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EBOLA VIRUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MORTALITY; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PETECHIA; PROGNOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036823061     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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