Nosocomial outbreak of crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever, Sudan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 837-839

  Aradaib, Imadeldin E ^a,b   Erickson, Bobbie R ^c   Mustafa, Mubarak E ^d,e   Khristova, Marina L ^c   Saeed, Nageeb S ^f,g   Elageb, Rehab M ^g   Nichol, Stuart T ^c  

^a NATIONAL RIBAT UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d National Public Health Laboratory   (Sudan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JUBA   (Sudan)

^f FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

^g National Medical Laboratory   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUDAN; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SUDAN;

EID: 77951158984     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1605.091815     Document Type: Letter

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