An outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in western Anatolia, Turkey
Author(s) -
Bülent Ertuğrul,
Yavuz Uyar,
Kamil Yavas,
Çetin Turan,
Serkan Öncü,
Özlem Saylak,
Ahmet Çarhan,
Şerife Barçın Öztürk,
Nermin Erol,
Serhan Sakarya
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.02.011
Subject(s) - crimean–congo hemorrhagic fever , leukopenia , myalgia , medicine , vomiting , case fatality rate , outbreak , nausea , gastroenterology , disease , virology , epidemiology , chemotherapy
Sporadic Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) cases were first reported in Turkey in 2002, arising particularly in northeastern Anatolia. Epidemics have been reported in neighboring countries since the 1970s. With the increase in number of CCHF virus infected or suspected cases in the Aydin region of western Anatolia by 2006, we decided to focus attention on this disease.
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