Nosocomial outbreak of CCHF in Pakistan
Weekly Epidemiological Monitor. 2010; 03 (41): 1
en Inglés
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| ID: emr-149881
ABSTRACT
During the last few weeks, at-least eleven [11] laboratory-confirmed cases of Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever [CCHF] were reported from Pakistan of which two died. One of the deceased was a medical doctor working in a hospital in Manshera district under the KPK province. The clinical exposure of this medical doctor to the disease remains unknown. Additionally, four female doctors and four other health care staff [Three nurses and a ward attendant] working at a hospital in Rawalpindi contracted the disease and tested positive for CCHF while they were attending patients of CCHF in the same hospital
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Asunto principal:
Infección Hospitalaria
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Brotes de Enfermedades
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Virus de la Fiebre Hemorrágica de Crimea-Congo
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Fiebre Hemorrágica de Crimea
Límite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Wkly. Epidemiol. Monit.
Año:
2010
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