Short report: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, February 2002

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作者
Athar, MN [1 ]
Baqai, HZ
Ahmad, M
Khalid, MA
Bashir, N
Ahmad, AM
Balouch, AH
Bashir, K
机构
[1] Holy Family Hosp, Rawalpindi Med Coll, Dept Med, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
[2] Holy Family Hosp, Rawalpindi Med Coll, Dept Pathol, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
[3] Aga Khan Univ, Dept Community Hlth Sci, Karachi, Pakistan
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10.4269/ajtmh.2003.69.284
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
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A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever occurred in Rawalpindi, Pakistan in February 2002. The identified index case died shortly after admission to a hospital. Two of the health care workers became secondary cases; one of them died on day 13 after coming in contact with the index case. The other secondary case was successfully treated with oral ribavirin.
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