Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever among Health Care Workers, Turkey

We investigated 9 cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (1 fatal, 2 asymptomatic) among health care workers in Turkey. Needlestick injuries were reported for 4 workers. Eight received ribavirin. In addition to standard precautions, airborne infection isolation precautions are essential during aer...

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Autores principales: Celikbas, Aysel Kocagul, Dokuzoğuz, Başak, Baykam, Nurcam, Gok, Sebnem Eren, Eroğlu, Mustafa Necati, Midilli, Kenan, Zeller, Herve, Ergonul, Onder
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3944849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24564994
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2003.131353
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author Celikbas, Aysel Kocagul
Dokuzoğuz, Başak
Baykam, Nurcam
Gok, Sebnem Eren
Eroğlu, Mustafa Necati
Midilli, Kenan
Zeller, Herve
Ergonul, Onder
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Dokuzoğuz, Başak
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Gok, Sebnem Eren
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description We investigated 9 cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (1 fatal, 2 asymptomatic) among health care workers in Turkey. Needlestick injuries were reported for 4 workers. Eight received ribavirin. In addition to standard precautions, airborne infection isolation precautions are essential during aerosol-generating procedures. For postexposure prophylaxis and therapy, ribavirin should be given.
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spelling pubmed-39448492014-03-12 Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever among Health Care Workers, Turkey Celikbas, Aysel Kocagul Dokuzoğuz, Başak Baykam, Nurcam Gok, Sebnem Eren Eroğlu, Mustafa Necati Midilli, Kenan Zeller, Herve Ergonul, Onder Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We investigated 9 cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (1 fatal, 2 asymptomatic) among health care workers in Turkey. Needlestick injuries were reported for 4 workers. Eight received ribavirin. In addition to standard precautions, airborne infection isolation precautions are essential during aerosol-generating procedures. For postexposure prophylaxis and therapy, ribavirin should be given. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3944849/ /pubmed/24564994 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2003.131353 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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