Probable Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus transmission occurred after aerosol-generating medical procedures in Russia: Nosocomial cluster

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 120-122

  Pshenichnaya, Natalia Yurievna ^a   Nenadskaya, Svetlana Alexeevna ^a  

^a ROSTOV STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Airborne transmission; Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Nosocomial cluster

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE; AEROSOL;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; EYE PROTECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; FATALITY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; NAIROVIRUS; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

AEROSOLS; CROSS INFECTION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; RUSSIA; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921943963     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.12.047     Document Type: Short Survey

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