Discharge criteria for Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in endemic areas

Journal of Infection

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 500-501

  Leblebicioglu, Hakan ^a   Sunbul, Mustafa ^a   Bodur, Hurrem ^b   Ozaras, Resat ^c   Barut, Sener ^d   Buyuktuna, Seyit Ali ^d   Guner, Rahmet ^d   Ozkurt, Zulal ^d   Senturk, Gonul Cicek ^d   Yapar, Derya ^d   Yilmaz, Gurdal ^d  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever; Discharge; Viral haemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; BLEEDING; CONVALESCENCE; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DIARRHEA; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; IRAN; LETTER; LIBERIA; PAKISTAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATIENT CARE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE;

EID: 84960802907     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.01.009     Document Type: Letter

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