Lookback Exercise with Imported Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Senegal and France

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Tarantola, Arnaud ; Nabeth, Pierre ; Tattevin, Pierre ; Michelet, Christian ; Zeller, Hervé
• Corporate Authors:
  for the Incident Management Group
• Description:
  A patient with suspected malaria was hospitalized successively in 2 hospitals, first in Dakar, Senegal, then in Rennes, France, where tests diagnosed Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. An international incident management group was set up in France and Senegal, which traced 181 contacts and analyzed 50 samples from 3 countries. No secondary cases were identified clinically.
• Subjects:
  Ambulances Contact Tracing Dispatch Female France Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo Hospitalization Humans International Cooperation Middle Aged Transportation Of Patients Travel

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 12(9):1424-1426.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Senegal
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8a39bfde7ceb42ccb754bc82e3039c38517af437cd065eb4543c70d0f519ac45
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16198/cdc_16198_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 77.24 KB ]