Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Turkey: Current status and future challenges

Antiviral Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2016, Pages 21-34

  Leblebicioglu, Hakan ^a   Ozaras, Resat ^b   Irmak, Hasan ^c   Sencan, Irfan ^d  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^d DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Epidemic preparedness; Ribavirin; Tick borne disease; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS VACCINE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; RIBAVIRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS VACCINE;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSECT CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LANDSCAPE; LIVESTOCK; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MIGRANT BIRD; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SUMMER; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TICK BITE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WINTER; ANIMAL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HISTORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NAIROVIRUS; TURKEY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 84951043423     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: 18729096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2015.12.003     Document Type: Review

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