Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in southeastern Europe

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 659-662

  Vorou, R M ^a  

^a Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

Author keywords

Albania; Bulgaria; Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Greece; Kosovo; Livestock transportation; Turkey; Veterinary authorities

Indexed keywords

RIBAVIRIN;

AGRICULTURE; ALBANIA; AWARENESS; BULGARIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; EASTERN EUROPE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVESTOCK; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WINTER;

ALBANIA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BULGARIA; EUROPE; GREECE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TURKEY; YUGOSLAVIA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 70350574135     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.03.028     Document Type: Short Survey

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