Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Herat Province, Afghanistan, 2017

Emerging Infectious Diseases

关键词: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever;    Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus;    CCHF;    Afghanistan;    clinical symptomatology;    epidemiology;   

DOI  :  10.3201/eid2508.181491

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

We studied the clinical and epidemiologic features of an outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Herat Province, Afghanistan. The study comprised 63 patients hospitalized in 2017. The overall case-fatality rate was 22.2%; fatal outcome was significantly associated with a negative IgM test result, longer prothrombin time, and nausea.

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