Open AccessContact tracing for an imported case of Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever – Experience from a tertiary care center in Kerala, South India
Author(s) -
Ronnie Thomas,
Flossy Mathew,
Edwin Mathew Louis,
Chithra Valsan,
R Priyanka,
Joe Thomas,
Lucy Raphael
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_1_19
Subject(s) - tertiary care , contact tracing , medicine , quarantine , isolation (microbiology) , crimean–congo hemorrhagic fever , family medicine , medical emergency , veterinary medicine , covid-19 , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , microbiology and biotechnology , tick , biology
A 30-year-old male working in an abattoir in UAE returned home to Kerala, South India, after getting diagnosed with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever infection. He was admitted to a tertiary care center on the day of arrival and was placed under isolation. Due to the risk of spread of infection among health-care workers, contact-tracing and symptom-monitoring activities were undertaken. As strict standard contact precautions, isolation, contact identification and listing, quarantine, and sensitization of health-care workers were implemented, no secondary cases occurred.