Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Kosova: A fatal case report

Virology Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ahmeti, Salih ^a   Raka, Lul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 33750456522     PISSN: 1743422X     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-3-85     Document Type: Article

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