Crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever in Europe: Current situation calls for preparedness

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 48-51

  Maltezou, H C ^a   Andonova, L ^b   Andraghetti, R ^c   Bouloy, M ^d   Ergonul, O ^e   Jongejan, F ^f   Kalvatchev, N ^g   Nichol, S ^h   Niedrig, M ⁱ   Platonov, A ^j   Thomson, G ^k   Leitmeyer, K ^l   Zeller, H ^l  

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

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

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

ⁱ ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^j CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^k PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^l EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RIBAVIRIN;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FATALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952517188     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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