Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Mauritania

The distribution of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a tickborne arboviral disease, is not well known in West Africa. We report 2 recent human cases of CCHF with infectious syndrome and severe bleeding in Mauritania. CCHF was diagnosed by ELISA and real time reverse transcription PCR. No seco...

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Autores principales: Boushab, Boushab Mohamed, Kelly, Mamadou, Kébé, Hasmiou, Bollahi, Mohamed Abdallahi, Basco, Leonardo K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7101092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32187505
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2604.191292
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author Boushab, Boushab Mohamed
Kelly, Mamadou
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Bollahi, Mohamed Abdallahi
Basco, Leonardo K.
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description The distribution of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a tickborne arboviral disease, is not well known in West Africa. We report 2 recent human cases of CCHF with infectious syndrome and severe bleeding in Mauritania. CCHF was diagnosed by ELISA and real time reverse transcription PCR. No secondary CCHF cases were found.
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spelling pubmed-71010922020-04-03 Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Mauritania Boushab, Boushab Mohamed Kelly, Mamadou Kébé, Hasmiou Bollahi, Mohamed Abdallahi Basco, Leonardo K. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter The distribution of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a tickborne arboviral disease, is not well known in West Africa. We report 2 recent human cases of CCHF with infectious syndrome and severe bleeding in Mauritania. CCHF was diagnosed by ELISA and real time reverse transcription PCR. No secondary CCHF cases were found. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7101092/ /pubmed/32187505 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2604.191292 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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Boushab, Boushab Mohamed
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Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Mauritania
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title_full Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Mauritania
title_fullStr Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Mauritania
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title_short Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Mauritania
title_sort crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever, mauritania
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7101092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32187505
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2604.191292
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