Short report: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, February 2002 |
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| Authors: | Athar Muhammad Nauman Baqai Haider Zaigham Ahmad Masood Khalid Mohammad Ali Bashir Naghman Ahmad Ahsan Maqbool Balouch Abbas Hayat Bashir Kaukab |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi Medical College, Satellite Town, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. drnaumanathar@yahoo.com |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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