Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Turkey

Sami Kartı, S.; Odabaşı, Zekaver; Korten, Volkan; Yılmaz, Mustafa; Sönmez, Mehmet; Çaylan, Rahmet; Akdoğan, Elif; Eren, Necmi; Köksal, İftihar; Ovalı, Ercüment; R. Erickson, Bobbie; J. Vincent, Martin; T. Nichol, Stuart; A. Comer, James; E. Rollin, Pierre; G. Ksiazek, Thomas

doi:10.3201/eid1008.030928

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Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Turkey

Published in Emerging infectious diseases • Aug 1, 2004

Authors:

S. Sami Kartı

Zekaver Odabaşı

Volkan Korten

Abstract

In 2002 and 2003, a total of 19 persons in Turkey had suspected cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) or a similar viral infection. Six serum samples were tested; all six were found positive for immunoglobulin M antibodies against CCHF virus. Two of the samples yielded CCHF virus isolates....

Subject

Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever

Case fatality rate

Virology

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