Aetiology of PCR negative suspected Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever cases in an endemic area

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  • Esra Tanyel
  • Mustafa Sunbul
  • Tom E. Fletcher
  • Hakan Leblebicioglu
چکیده

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a potentially fatal tick-borne viral infection that is widely distributed worldwide. The diagnosis is frequently missed due to the non-specific initial symptoms and the differential diagnosis included many infectious and non-infectious causes. This retrospective study describes the clinical features and final diagnoses of 116 suspect CCHF cases that were admitted to a tertiary CCHF center in Turkey, and were CCHF IgM and PCR negative.

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دوره 110  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016