First Documentation of Human Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Kenya
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First Documentation of Human Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Kenya
kidneys, although brain and lung cultures were negative. Another group of guinea pigs that had also been injected with Leptospira was humanely killed as soon as symptoms appeared. Necropsy showed primary lung injury. Lungs were pale with hemorrhages widely spread over the surface. Lesions were similar to those observed in one of the patients. Neither jaundice nor renal damage was found. Leptosp...
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Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 10, No. 10, October 2004 1881 detected during the early febrile period. The male patient still had fever when the needle accident occurred, and the needle was contaminated. Infectious disease specialists and other physicians should recognize that vector-borne diseases, such as dengue and malaria, are potentially life threatening. Therefore, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid0809.010510