Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever infections reported by ProMED

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-46

  Ince, Yavuz ^a   Yasa, Cagla ^a   Metin, Mert ^a   Sonmez, Melda ^a   Meram, Ece ^a   Benkli, Barlas ^a   Ergonul, Onder ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Epidemiology; ProMED

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); GREECE; HUMAN; INDIA; IRAN; IRAQ; KAZAKHSTAN; KOSOVO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAURITANIA; NAMIBIA; OMAN; PAKISTAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SENEGAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TAJIKISTAN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UGANDA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; ZIMBABWE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84904544362     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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