Evaluation of crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus infection in children

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 804-806

  Kizilgun, Murat ^a   Ozkaya Parlakay, Aslinur ^a   Tezer, Hasan ^b   Gulhan, Belgin ^a   Yuksek, Saliha Kanik ^a   Celikel, Elif ^a   Tunc, Bahattin ^a  

^a Ankara Child Diseases Hematology Oncology Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF); Crimean; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; BLOOD; EMBRYOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NAIROVIRUS; TURKEY; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TURKEY;

EID: 84887492359     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1297     Document Type: Article

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