Subclinical Infections with Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Turkey

To investigate Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in Turkey, we conducted a seroepidemiologic survey during January–April 2009. Seroprevalence of infection was 10% in a sample from an outbreak region and increased with patient age, indicating that the virus had been previously present in Turkey....

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Autores principales: Bodur, Hürrem, Akinci, Esragül, Ascioglu, Sibel, Öngürü, Pinar, Uyar, Yavuz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3309668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22469474
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1804.111374
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Sumario:To investigate Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in Turkey, we conducted a seroepidemiologic survey during January–April 2009. Seroprevalence of infection was 10% in a sample from an outbreak region and increased with patient age, indicating that the virus had been previously present in Turkey. We also estimated that 88% of infections were subclinical.

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