Clinical Management of Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever using Ribavirin and Favipiravir, Belgium, 2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Veliziotis, Ioannis ; Roman, Alain ; Martiny, Delphine ; Schuldt, Gerlind ; Claus, Marc ; Dauby, Nicolas ; Van den Wijngaert, Sigi ; Martin, Charlotte ; Nasreddine, Rakan ; Perandones, Claudia ; Mahieu, Romain ; Swaan, Corien ; Van Praet, Serge ; Konopnicki, Deborah ; Morales, Maria A. ; Malvy, Denis ; Stevens, Etienne ; Dechamps, Philippe ; Vlieghe, Erika ; Vandenberg, Olivier ; Günther, Stephan ; Gérard, Michèle
• Description:
  We report a case of Argentine hemorrhagic fever diagnosed in a woman in Belgium who traveled from a disease-endemic area. Patient management included supportive care and combination therapy with ribavirin and favipiravir. Of 137 potential contacts, including friends, relatives, and healthcare and laboratory workers, none showed development of clinical symptoms of this disease.
• Subjects:
  Antiviral Drugs Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever Clinical Management Clinical Management Of Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever Using Ribavirin And Favipiravir, Belgium, 2020 Containment Dispatch Favipiravir Junin Virus Junv New World Arenaviruses Public Health Ribavirin Travel Viruses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(7):1562-1566
• Pubmed ID:
  32271701
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7323566
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Belgium
• Location:
  Europe
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:58d3684dd0a85e39f44959c76842dad07e0c39114936c4ada7ed5eb3918bf261
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/90193/cdc_90193_DS1.pdf
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