Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Herat Province, Afghanistan, 2017

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Niazi, Aziz-ur-Rahman ; Jawad, Mohammad Jawed ; Amirnajad, Ahmad ; Durr, Peter A. ; Williams, David T.
• Description:
  We studied the clinical and epidemiologic features of an outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Herat Province, Afghanistan. The study comprised 63 patients hospitalized in 2017. The overall case-fatality rate was 22.2%; fatal outcome was significantly associated with a negative IgM test result, longer prothrombin time, and nausea.
• Subjects:
  CCHF CCHFV Clinical Symptomatology Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Epidemiology Research Letter Ticks Vector-borne Infections Viruses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(8):1596-1598
• Pubmed ID:
  31216260
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6649324
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Afghanistan
• Location:
  Middle East
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0aa6d46d37017f8c3c031b1b0d493b2812ad1cc9b93c48f73d9f9627ae293f5e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/80320/cdc_80320_DS1.pdf
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