Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Herat Province, Afghanistan, 2017

We studied the clinical and epidemiologic features of an outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Herat Province, Afghanistan. The study comprised 63 patients hospitalized in 2017. The overall case-fatality rate was 22.2%; fatal outcome was significantly associated with a negative IgM test res...

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Autores principales: Niazi, Aziz-ur-Rahman, Jawad, Mohammad Jawed, Amirnajad, Ahmad, Durr, Peter A., Williams, David T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6649324/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31216260
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.181491
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Sumario:We studied the clinical and epidemiologic features of an outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Herat Province, Afghanistan. The study comprised 63 patients hospitalized in 2017. The overall case-fatality rate was 22.2%; fatal outcome was significantly associated with a negative IgM test result, longer prothrombin time, and nausea.

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