First confirmed case of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in the UK

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9902, 2013, Pages 1458-

  Barr, David A ^a   Aitken, Celia ^a   Bell, David J ^a   Brown, Colin S ^b   Cropley, Ian ^c   Dawood, Naghum ^c   Hopkins, Susan ^c   Jacobs, Michael ^c   Jeffs, Benjamin ^a   MacConnachie, Alisdair ^a   Mulvaney, David W ^d   Nicol, Edward ^e   Fox, Raymond ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d RAF Brize Norton   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOODY DIARRHEA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOMA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; NOTE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84886258944     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61718-3     Document Type: Article

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