The risk of transmission of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus from human cases to first-degree relatives

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 494-496

  Izadi, Shahrokh ^a,e   Salehi, Masoud ^b   Holakouie Naieni, Kourosh ^c   Chinikar, Sadegh ^d  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^e NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; MALE; NAIRO VIRUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SEROLOGY; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149390192     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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