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SHORT REPORT: CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER OUTBREAK IN RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN, FEBRUARY 2002

2003; American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; Volume: 69; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4269/ajtmh.2003.69.284

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Muhammad N. Athar, Haider Zaigham Baqai, Masood Ahmad, Mohammad Ali Khalid, Naghman Bashir, Ahsan Maqbool Ahmad, Abbas Hayat Balouch, Kaukab Bashir,

Mosquito-borne diseases and control

A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever occurred in Rawalpindi, Pakistan in February 2002. The identified index case died shortly after admission to a hospital. Two of the health care workers became secondary cases; one of them died on day 13 after coming in contact with the index case. The other secondary case was successfully treated with oral ribavirin.