The following study was intended to evaluate the occurrence of typical signs and symptoms in the cases of classic dengue and hemorrhagic dengue fever, during the 2001-2002 epidemic in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The authors reviewed 155,242 cases notified to the Information System of Notification Diseases, from January/2001 to June/2002: 81,327 cases were classified as classic dengue and 958 as...

Fever and thrombocytopenia mostly associated with dengue hemorrhagic fever. But on certain condition of fever thrombocytopenia, we still seek another etiology such as chronic liver disease. How to clarify between in

introduction : this study was aimed to investigate the effects of risk factors, and environmental and climatic factors a ffecting the occurrence of crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf) in iran. we used temporal modeling to predict the future occurrence of the disease in the country . methods : we analyzed the data of 165 cchf patients from all over iran (e xcept the districts zabol and zaheda...

background: crimean congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf) is an acute febrile haemorrhagic disease. this study was conducted to ascertain the infection status amongst slaughterhouse workers in iran's north-eastern provinces (razavi and northern and southern khorasan), so that analysis of the results could help clarification of the epidemiology of this disease in the aforementioned provinces and easter...

background: the world health organization (who) declares crimean congo hemorrhagic fe­ver (cchf) endemic in turkey. despite the magnitude of problem, no documented evi­dence exists in turkey, which reveals the aware­ness and practices of the country's adult popula­tion regarding cchf, its spread, symptoms, treatment, and preven­tion. this study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge, at...

OBJECTIVE Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever with a high mortality rate. Despite increasing knowledge about hemorrhagic fever viruses, little is known about the pathogenesis of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. In this study, we measured serum adenosine deaminase and xanthine oxidase levels in Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever patients. METHODS Serum adenosine de...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Crimean - Congo hemorrhagic fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever with considerable mortality. Despite increasing knowledge about hemorrhagic fever viruses, the pathogenesis of Crimean -Congo hemorrhagic fever and causes of death were not well described. We aimed to evaluate whether there were electrocardiographic parameters designating mortality among these patients...