A newly identified Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus strain in Turkey

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Elevli, Murat ^a   Ozkul, Ayse Ayaz ^a   Civilibal, Mahmut ^a   Midilli, Kenan ^b   Gargili, Aysen ^b   Duru, Nilgun Selcuk ^a  

^a HASEKI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Phylogenetic analysis; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; VIRUS RNA;

ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATIGUE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; TICK BITE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VITAL SIGN;

ANIMALS; CHILD; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; TICKS; TURKEY;

EID: 77957354105     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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