Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever outbreak in Middle Anatolia: A multicentre study of clinical features and outcome measures

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 385-389

  Bakir, Mehmet ^a   Ugurlu, Mehmet ^b   Dokuzoguz, Basak ^c   Bodur, Hurrem ^c   Tasyaran, Mehmet A ^d   Vahaboglu, Haluk ^e  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b T Saglik Hizmetleri Genel Mudurlugu   (Turkey)

^c Numune Hast   (Turkey)

^d ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e Universitesi Tip Fakultesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SPLENOMEGALY; TICK BITE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; MALE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 16844377950     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45865-0     Document Type: Review

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