A case of nosocomial transmission of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever from patient to patient

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Gürbüz, Yunus ^a   Sencan, Irfan ^a   Öztürk, Bariş ^a   Tütüncü, Ediz ^a  

^a Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Educational and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo; Nosocomial; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; TURKEY;

EID: 64649101124     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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