Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Herat Province, Afghanistan, 2017
oleh: Aziz-ur-Rahman Niazi, Mohammad Jawed Jawad, Ahmad Amirnajad, Peter A. Durr, David T. Williams
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| Diterbitkan: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-08-01 |
Deskripsi
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.