Report of the Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever in Abadan, Iran: Summer 2016
Background: Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne, viral disease that may also be transmitted through person-to-person transmission by exposure to infected body fluids. It causes a severe disease in humans with high mortality rates. Case presentation: Here we present two cases of CC...
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doaj-6b9a61b8784e4d88a203fb1f6505c7f42020-11-25T03:34:57ZengMazandaran University of Medical Sciencesعلوم بهداشتی ایران2322-553X2322-47972019-12-01744853Report of the Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever in Abadan, Iran: Summer 2016Ali_Asghar Valipour0Azimeh Karimyan1Maghsud Piri2Dariush Bahrami3Fatemeh Hallajian4Maryam Hezariyan5Mehran Yari6Maziyar Mollaei Pardeh7Marzieh Ghassemi8 Abadan Faculty of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran Abadan Faculty of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran Abadan Faculty of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran Abadan Faculty of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran Abadan Faculty of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Background: Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne, viral disease that may also be transmitted through person-to-person transmission by exposure to infected body fluids. It causes a severe disease in humans with high mortality rates. Case presentation: Here we present two cases of CCHF patients with sudden onset of lethargy, fever, nausea, vomiting, headache, and hemorrhagic manifestation. With one of the patients tick bite was confirmed, then he was treated with ribavirin in isolation and recovered completely. The second patient was in contact with the infected blood of a sheep and, unfortunately, despite the treatment, he passed away. Conclusion: Public health measures should focus on preventing this infection by raising the awareness of CCHF symptoms and route of its transmission, and also by adopting practices to decrease the chances of spreading infections in hospitals.http://jhs.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-668-en.htmlcrimean-congo hemorrhagic feverabadaniran |
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Ali_Asghar Valipour Azimeh Karimyan Maghsud Piri Dariush Bahrami Fatemeh Hallajian Maryam Hezariyan Mehran Yari Maziyar Mollaei Pardeh Marzieh Ghassemi Report of the Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever in Abadan, Iran: Summer 2016 علوم بهداشتی ایران crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever abadan iran |
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Ali_Asghar Valipour Azimeh Karimyan Maghsud Piri Dariush Bahrami Fatemeh Hallajian Maryam Hezariyan Mehran Yari Maziyar Mollaei Pardeh Marzieh Ghassemi |
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Report of the Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever in Abadan, Iran: Summer 2016 |
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Report of the Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever in Abadan, Iran: Summer 2016 |
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Report of the Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever in Abadan, Iran: Summer 2016 |
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Report of the Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever in Abadan, Iran: Summer 2016 |
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Report of the Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever in Abadan, Iran: Summer 2016 |
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report of the crimean congo hemorrhagic fever in abadan, iran: summer 2016 |
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Background: Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne, viral disease that may also be transmitted through person-to-person transmission by exposure to infected body fluids. It causes a severe disease in humans with high mortality rates.
Case presentation: Here we present two cases of CCHF patients with sudden onset of lethargy, fever, nausea, vomiting, headache, and hemorrhagic manifestation. With one of the patients tick bite was confirmed, then he was treated with ribavirin in isolation and recovered completely. The second patient was in contact with the infected blood of a sheep and, unfortunately, despite the treatment, he passed away.
Conclusion: Public health measures should focus on preventing this infection by raising the awareness of CCHF symptoms and route of its transmission, and also by adopting practices to decrease the chances of spreading infections in hospitals. |
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