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
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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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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author Niazi, Aziz-ur-Rahman
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Durr, Peter A.
Williams, David T.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-66493242019-08-01 Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Herat Province, Afghanistan, 2017 Niazi, Aziz-ur-Rahman Jawad, Mohammad Jawed Amirnajad, Ahmad Durr, Peter A. Williams, David T. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6649324/ /pubmed/31216260 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.181491 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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topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6649324/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.181491
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