First confirmed case of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever from Sirohi district in Rajasthan State, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 142, Issue OCTOBER, 2015, Pages 489-491

  Makwana, Darshana ^a   Yadav, Pragya D ^b   Kelaiya, Arjun ^a   Mourya, Devendra T ^b  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RIBAVIRIN;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; CASE REPORT; CONSTIPATION; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPISTAXIS; FEVER; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING; BLOOD; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NAIROVIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY;

HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; INDIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84946843437     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5916.169221     Document Type: Note

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