An outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in western Anatolia, Turkey

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Ertugrul, Bülent ^a   Uyar, Yavuz ^b   Yavas, Kamil ^c   Turan, Cetin ^a   Oncu, Serkan ^a   Saylak, Ozlem ^a   Carhan, Ahmet ^b   Ozturk, Barcin ^a   Erol, Nermin ^c   Sakarya, Serhan ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Refik Saydam Hygiene Center   (Turkey)

^c Provincial Health Directorate   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Endemic; Western Anatolia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBAVIRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALAISE; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK BITE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350571291     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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