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

Niazi, Aziz-Ur-Rahman; Jawad, Mohammad Jawed; Amirnajad, Ahmad; Durr, Peter A; Williams, David T.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 25(8): 1596-1598, 2019 08.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31216260

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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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Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo , Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean/epidemiology , Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean/virology , Adolescent , Adult , Afghanistan/epidemiology , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Antibodies, Viral/immunology , Child , Disease Outbreaks , Female , Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo/immunology , Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean/diagnosis , Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean/history , History, 21st Century , Hospitalization , Humans , Immunoglobulin M/immunology , Male , Middle Aged , Symptom Assessment , Young Adult

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