Nosocomial Outbreak of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Sudan

To confirm the presence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Sudan, we tested serum of 8 patients with hemorrhagic fever in a rural hospital in 2008. Reverse transcription–PCR identified Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus. Its identification as group III lineage indicated links to virus strains...

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Autores principales: Aradaib, Imadeldin E., Erickson, Bobbie R., Mustafa, Mubarak E., Khristova, Marina L., Saeed, Nageeb S., Elageb, Rehab M., Nichol, Stuart T.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2954009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20409377
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1605.091815
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author Aradaib, Imadeldin E.
Erickson, Bobbie R.
Mustafa, Mubarak E.
Khristova, Marina L.
Saeed, Nageeb S.
Elageb, Rehab M.
Nichol, Stuart T.
author_facet Aradaib, Imadeldin E.
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description To confirm the presence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Sudan, we tested serum of 8 patients with hemorrhagic fever in a rural hospital in 2008. Reverse transcription–PCR identified Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus. Its identification as group III lineage indicated links to virus strains from South Africa, Mauritania, and Nigeria.
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spelling pubmed-29540092010-10-19 Nosocomial Outbreak of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Sudan Aradaib, Imadeldin E. Erickson, Bobbie R. Mustafa, Mubarak E. Khristova, Marina L. Saeed, Nageeb S. Elageb, Rehab M. Nichol, Stuart T. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch To confirm the presence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Sudan, we tested serum of 8 patients with hemorrhagic fever in a rural hospital in 2008. Reverse transcription–PCR identified Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus. Its identification as group III lineage indicated links to virus strains from South Africa, Mauritania, and Nigeria. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2954009/ /pubmed/20409377 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1605.091815 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Aradaib, Imadeldin E.
Erickson, Bobbie R.
Mustafa, Mubarak E.
Khristova, Marina L.
Saeed, Nageeb S.
Elageb, Rehab M.
Nichol, Stuart T.
Nosocomial Outbreak of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Sudan
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title_fullStr Nosocomial Outbreak of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Sudan
title_full_unstemmed Nosocomial Outbreak of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Sudan
title_short Nosocomial Outbreak of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Sudan
title_sort nosocomial outbreak of crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever, sudan
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2954009/
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