Imported Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 4905-4907

  Jauréguiberry, Stéphane ^a   Tattevin, Pierre ^a   Tarantola, Arnaud ^b   Legay, François ^a   Tall, Adama ^c   Nabeth, Pierre ^c   Zeller, Hervé ^d   Michelet, Christian ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; NAIRO VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHOCK; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

ACARI; ANIMALIA;

EID: 24744440779     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.9.4905-4907.2005     Document Type: Article

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