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Leblebicioglu, H., Sunbul, M., Guner, R., Bodur, H., Bulut, C., Duygu, F., Elaldi, N., Cicek Senturk, G., Ozkurt, Z., Yilmaz, G., Fletcher, Tom and Beeching, Nicholas 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7019-8791
(2016)
'Healthcare-associated Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Turkey, 2002–2014: a multicentre retrospective cross-sectional study'. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Vol 22, Issue 4, 387.e1-387.e4.
Abstract
Healthcare-related transmission of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a well-recognized hazard. We report a multicentre retrospective cross-sectional study undertaken in Turkey in 2014 in nine hospitals, regional reference centres for CCHF, covering the years 2002 to 2014 inclusive. Data were systematically extracted from charts of all personnel with a reported health care injury/accident related to CCHF. Blood samples were tested for CCHF IgM/IgG by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and/or viral nucleic acid detection by PCR after the injury. Fifty-one healthcare-related exposures were identified. Twenty-five (49%) of 51 resulted in laboratory-confirmed infection, with a 16% (4/25) overall mortality. The main route of exposure was needlestick injury in 32/51 (62.7%). A potential benefit of post-exposure prophylaxis with ribavirin was identified.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | QV Pharmacology > Anti-Inflammatory Agents. Anti-Infective Agents. Antineoplastic Agents > QV 268.5 Antiviral agents (General) WA Public Health > Preventive Medicine > WA 110 Prevention and control of communicable diseases. Transmission of infectious diseases WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers. Other Virus Diseases > WC 534 Viral hemorrhagic fevers |
| Faculty: Department: | Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department Clinical Sciences & International Health > International Public Health Department |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2015.11.024 |
| Depositing User: | Jessica Jones |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Mar 2016 13:42 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Nov 2019 12:10 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/5787 |
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