A Crimean - Congo haemorrhagic fever outbreak in Northern Balochistan

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 477-481

  Ali, Nadir ^a   Chotani, Rashid A ^b,c   Anwar, Masood ^d   Nadeem, Mansoor ^a   Karamat, Karamat Ahmed ^e   Tariq, Waheed Uz Zaman ^d  

^a Cambined Military Hospital   (Pakistan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anti viral; Clinical management; Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF); Endemic; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Oral ribavirin

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349659264     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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