The geographic distribution of cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever: Kastamonu, Turkey

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 730-736

  Aker, Servet ^a   Akinci, Halil ^b   Kiliçoğlu, Cem ^c   Leblebicioglu, Hakan ^d  

^a Canik Community Health Center   (Turkey)

^b ARTVIN CORUH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Epidemiology; Geographic information systems; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; CHILD; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; TURKEY; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942372249     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.06.008     Document Type: Article

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