Recommended precaution procedures protect healthcare workers from Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2013, Pages e1046-e1050

  Gozel, Mustafa Gokhan ^a   Dokmetas, Ilyas ^a   Oztop, Atifet Yasemin ^a   Engin, Aynur ^a   Elaldi, Nazif ^a   Bakir, Mehmet ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Healthcare workers; Seroprevalence; Turkey

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MASK; NAIRO VIRUS; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PROTECTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SURGICAL GOWN; WARD;

CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HEALTHCARE WORKERS; SEROPREVALENCE; TURKEY;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885389007     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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