ABSTRACT
From 20 May 1990 to 12 December 1992, 28 patients with Congo-Crimean hemorrhagic fever were admitted in King Faisal Hospital, Makkah. All the patients were evaluated clinically and laboratory and finally diagnosed by the using antibody titer. 15 hospital staff [in close contact with the patients were screened for the clinical manifestations laboratory results and the antibody titer to Congo- Crimean hemorrhagic fever. The results revealed that the secondary case of the disease in Makkah was unusual and the air borne route does not play any role in the transmission of the disease
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Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean/mortality , Cross Infection/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Twenty five women were studied during the last trimester of pregnancy and during the puerperium for serum folate and erythrocyte folate, Hb concentration and haematocrit value. The results and discussion are presented