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Infectious Diseases
Studies by E.E. Tutuncu and co-authors describe new findings in infectious diseases
June 9th, 2009
According to recent research from Ankara, Turkey, "Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral haemorrhagic disease, mostly transmitted by tick bites." "It is clear that ignorance of the necessary precautions results in nosocomial infections in health care settings. Post exposure ribavirin prophylaxis is not well described," wrote E.E. Tutuncu and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "We report 2 cases of nosocomial CCHF infections." Tutuncu and colleagues published their study in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever, precautions and ribavirin prophylaxis: A case report....
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-06-09)
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