Fatal Nosocomial Spread of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever with Very Short Incubation Period
| Autor: | HamidReza Naderi, Fereshte Sheybani, Nasrin Khosravi, Amin Bojdi, Irandokht Mostafavi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Prednisolone Anti-Inflammatory Agents Platelet Transfusion Disease Antiviral Agents Short incubation period Infectious Disease Incubation Period Incubation period Fatal Outcome Virology Ribavirin Case fatality rate medicine Humans Needlestick Injuries Cross Infection business.industry Transmission (medicine) Zoonosis Articles medicine.disease Surgery Fever patient Infectious Diseases Female Hemorrhagic Fever Crimean Parasitology business |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 88:469-471 |
| ISSN: | 1476-1645 0002-9637 |
| Popis: | Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is a tick-borne viral zoonosis with the potential of human-to-human transmission with case fatality rates from 3% to 50%. The incubation period depends on host, route of infection, and viral dose. Herein, we report a nosocomial spread of the disease in a hospital at Mashhad, northeastern Iran, with a very short incubation period for one of the secondary cases. The patient was a medical student who had a negligible contact with a Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever patient during his admission to the hospital. The time interval between the contact and the onset of symptoms was merely 20 hours. Unfortunately, he died within 1 week of exposure. |
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