Clinical symptoms and laboratory findings supporting early diagnosis of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Iran

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1188-1192

  Mostafavi, Ehsan ^a   Pourhossein, Behzad ^a,b   Chinikar, Sadegh ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bleeding; CCHF; Hemorrhagic fevers; Iran; Probable patient

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK BITE; VOMITING; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; IXODIDA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899932835     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23922     Document Type: Article

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