Clinical and epidemiologic features of crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever among children and adolescents from Southeastern Iran

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 561-563

  Sharifi Mood, Batool ^a   Mardani, Masoud ^b   Keshtkar Jahromi, Maryam ^b   Rahnavardi, Mohammad ^b   Hatami, Hosein ^b   Metanat, Malihe ^a  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Iran

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RIBAVIRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BUNYAVIRUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; NAIRO VIRUS; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT DURATION; URBAN AREA; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE;

EID: 46249116514     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181673c28     Document Type: Article

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