Genetic Detection and Isolation of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Kosovo, Yugoslavia

Papa, Anna; Boźović, Bojana; Pavlidou, Vassiliki; Papadimitriou, Evangelia; Pelemis, Mijomir; Antoniadis, Aantonis

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Genetic Detection and Isolation of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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Aug 2002
By Papa, Anna ; Boźović, Bojana ; Pavlidou, Vassiliki ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Papa, Anna ; Boźović, Bojana ; Pavlidou, Vassiliki ; Papadimitriou, Evangelia ; Pelemis, Mijomir ; Antoniadis, Aantonis
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Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (C-CHFV) strains were isolated from a fatal case and the attending physician in Kosovo, Yugoslavia. Early, rapid diagnosis of the disease was achieved by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. The physician was successfully treated with oral ribavirin. These cases yielded the first genetically studied C-CHFV human isolates in the Balkans.
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Adult Antiviral Agents Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Dispatch Female Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo Humans Kosovo Male PCR Phylogeny Polymerase Chain Reaction Precipitin Tests Ribavirin RNA, Viral Virus Isolation Yugoslavia
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Emerg Infect Dis. 8(8):852-854.
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Journal Article
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8
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8
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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