Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Mauritania

Autor: Boushab Mohamed Boushab, Mamadou Kelly, Hasmiou Kébé, Mohamed Abdallahi Bollahi, Leonardo K. Basco
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 4, Pp 817-818 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid2604.191292
Popis: The distribution of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a tickborne arboviral disease, is not well known in West Africa. We report 2 recent human cases of CCHF with infectious syndrome and severe bleeding in Mauritania. CCHF was diagnosed by ELISA and real time reverse transcription PCR. No secondary CCHF cases were found.
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