A comparision of clinical diagnosis and serological diagnosis in an epidemic of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 247-251

  Nadeem, Mansoor ^a,f   Ali, Nadir ^b   Anwar, Masood ^c   Hussain, Ikhlaq ^d   Mohammad, Taj ^d   Hayee, Abdul ^e  

^a PNS SHIFA HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b Peshawar Cantonment   (Pakistan)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^d Fatima Jinnah Chest and General Hospital   (Pakistan)

^e Log Area   (Pakistan)

^f Defence Housing Authority   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

CCHF; Clinical diagnosis; Lab diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ELECTROLYTE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RIBAVIRIN; UREA; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BUNYAVIRUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE MARKER; ECCHYMOSIS; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; EPIDEMIC; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NAIRO VIRUS; PAIN; PAKISTAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PURPURA; SERODIAGNOSIS; TICK BITE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

EID: 0345730924     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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