Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever is a fatal viral disease that occurs in some parts of Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle-East. Primarily it is a zoonosis but can be seen sporadically in humans. Recently outbreaks have been reported from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Iran. In this retrospective study, we evaluated the efficacy of oral Ribavirin in the...

conclusions unexpected complications may be seen during the course of cchf. patients must be closely followed up. case presentation a 49-year-old male dealing with livestock husbandry was admitted to ankara training and research hospital with three days of complaints including fever, malaise, headache, myalgia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and hematuria. laboratory findings (thrombocytopenia and...

introduction crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf) is a viral hemorrhagic fever caused by infection with a tick-borne virus from the family of bunyaviridae. this viral hemorrhagic fever is found throughout central asia, southern europe, africa and the middle east. transmission to humans occurs through contact with infected animals or tick bite. the first human cases of infectious hemorrhagic f...

introduction crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf) is an acute viral zoonotic disease, which is endemic in vast geographic areas including the middle east. the causative agent, crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus (cchfv), is a nairovirus, which is mainly transmitted to human from infected hard ticks and viremic livestock. discussion given that viremic livestock are the main source of cchf ou...

STEPHEN ASHWAL (ed.), Thefounders of child neurology, Norman Neurosciences Series 1, San Francisco, Norman Publishing in association with the Child Neurology Society, 1990, pp. xii, 935, illus., $95.00 (0-930405-26-9). Ashwal has undertaken the mammoth task of bringing together biographical sketches, written by over 100 medical specialists, of 124 individuals who have made important contributio...

crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever: treatment and control strategy in admitted patients