Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Turkey

Karti S., Odabasi Z., Korten V., Yilmaz M., Sonmez M., Caylan R., ...Daha Fazla

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, cilt.10, sa.8, ss.1379-1384, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2004
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3201/eid1008.030928
  • Dergi Adı: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1379-1384
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In 2002 and 2003, a total of 19 persons in Turkey had suspected cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) or a similar viral infection. Six serum samples were tested; all six were found positive for immunoglobulin M antibodies against CCHF virus. Two of the samples yielded CCHF virus isolates. Genetic analysis of the virus isolates showed them to be closely related to isolates from former Yugoslavia and southwestern Russia. These cases are the first of CCHF reported from Turkey. Eighteen patients handled livestock, and one was a nurse with probable nosocomial infection. The case-fatality rate was 20% among confirmed CCHF case-patients (1 of 5 patients), and the overall case-patient fatality rate was 11% (2 of 19 patients). In addition to previously reported symptoms and signs, we report hemophagocytosis in 50% of our patients, which is the first report of this clinical phenomenon associated with CCHF.