The epidemiology of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Turkey, 2002-2007

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 380-386

  Yilmaz, Gul Ruhsar ^a   Buzgan, Turan ^a   Irmak, Hasan ^a   Safran, Ahmet ^a   Uzun, Ramazan ^a   Cevik, Mustafa Aydin ^b   Torunoglu, Mehmet Ali ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Epidemiology; Turkey

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RIBAVIRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NAIRO VIRUS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64549164595     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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