Seroprevalence of Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever among health care workers in a hospital in an endemic region of Turkey | Zendy

Fatih Temoçin | Zendy; Hatice Köse | Zendy; Tuğba Sarı | Zendy; Fazılet Duygu | Zendy; Ramazan Oguz Şahin | Zendy

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Seroprevalence of Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever among health care workers in a hospital in an endemic region of Turkey

Author(s) -

Fatih Temoçin,

Hatice Köse,

Tuğba Sarı,

Fazılet Duygu,

Ramazan Oguz Şahin

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.9816

Subject(s) - seroprevalence , crimean–congo hemorrhagic fever , medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , disease , health care , emergency medicine , family medicine , environmental health , immunology , antibody , serology , economic growth , economics , electrical engineering , engineering

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) can also be transmitted through unprotected contact directly with blood or body fluids as well as from laboratories. This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of CCHF disease in the employees of the State Hospital of Yozgat Province, located in Central Anatolia of Turkey, and also to present the risk factors for healthcare workers.

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