Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran, a case-control study on epidemiological characteristics

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 299-306

  Izadi, Shahrokh ^a   Naieni, Kourosh Holakouie ^a   Madjdzadeh, Seyed Reza ^a   Nadim, Abolhassan ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arboviral disease; Case control; Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Iran

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; LIVESTOCK; MALE; NAIRO VIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TICK BITE; URBAN AREA; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4344691421     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

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