The epidemiology of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Turkey, 2002–2007

Ruhsar YILMAZ, Gül; Buzğan, Turan; Irmak, Hasan; Safran, A.; Uzun, R.; Aydın ÇEVİK, Mustafa; Ali Torunoğlu, Mehmet

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2008.07.021

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The epidemiology of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Turkey, 2002–2007

Published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases • Nov 5, 2008

Authors:

Gül Ruhsar YILMAZ

Turan Buzğan

Hasan Irmak

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a serious disease caused by the CCHF virus of the Bunyaviridae family. The disease has been reported in 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. It has been present in Turkey since 2002. In this study we present and disc...

Subject

Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever

Epidemiology

Case fatality rate

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