Current status of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region: issues, challenges, and future directions

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue , 2017, Pages 82-89

  Al Abri, Seif S ^a   Abaidani, Idris Al ^a   Fazlalipour, Mehdi ^b   Mostafavi, Ehsan ^b   Leblebicioglu, Hakan ^c   Pshenichnaya, Natalia ^d   Memish, Ziad A ^e   Hewson, Roger ^f   Petersen, Eskild ^g   Mala, Peter ^h   Nhu Nguyen, Tran Minh ^h   Rahman Malik, Mamunur ^h   Formenty, Pierre ^h   Jeffries, Rosanna ^h  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^c ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ROSTOV STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CCHF; CCHF virus; Eastern Mediterranean Region; Ixodid ticks; Knowledge gaps

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY INTEGRATION; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EASTERN EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; FORECASTING; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; NAIROVIRUS; RISK FACTOR; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FORECASTING; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85017113070     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.02.018     Document Type: Review

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