An update on crimean congo hemorrhagic fever

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 285-292

  Appannanavar, Suma B ^a   Mishra, Baijayantimala ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Nosocomial; Update

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS VACCINE;

ASIA; BIOSAFETY; CLADISTICS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVALESCENCE; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INCUBATION TIME; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE EAST; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; USSR; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 80051903682     PISSN: 0974777X     EISSN: 09748245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.83537     Document Type: Conference Paper

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