The first Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever case in the winter season from Turkey

Intervirology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 144-145

  Köksal, Iftihar ^a   Yilmaz, Gurdal ^a   Iskender, Serap ^a   Arslan, Mustafa ^a   Yavuz, Ilknur ^a   Aksoy, Firdevs ^a   Vatansever, Zati ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Hyalomma tick; Nairovirus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WINTER;

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; TURKEY;

HYALOMMA; IXODIDA; NAIROVIRUS;

EID: 77957764524     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319432     Document Type: Article

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