کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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101689 | 161288 | 2015 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• CCHF diagnosis was not a part of antemortem diagnosis.
• Undiagnosed CCHF cases place autopsy workers at risk.
• Sharing autopsy findings with medical team helps them with future CCHF diagnosis.
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is an acute zoonotic infection caused by the CCHF virus. The viruses' activity peaks during April and May with a mortality rate of 3–30%. Transmission of the virus to human occurs through tick bites or exposure to infected animals' tissues or blood. The major at-risk group includes farmers living in endemic areas. Health-care workers are the second most affected group. Virus has shown up in a diverse geographic area which includes Middle East, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe and is considered one of the most wide-spread tick borne infections. The most recent cases are from Iran and Turkey. This article represents autopsy results of four CCHF infected cases in 2011 and 2012, in Ankara, Turkey.
Journal: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine - Volume 36, November 2015, Pages 32–36