The first Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever case in the winter season from Turkey

Iftihar Köksal; Gurdal Yilmaz; Serap Iskender; Mustafa Arslan; Ilknur Yavuz; Firdevs Aksoy; Zati Vatansever

doi:10.1159/000319432

The first Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever case in the winter season from Turkey

Intervirology. 2011;54(3):144-5. doi: 10.1159/000319432. Epub 2010 Oct 19.

Authors

Iftihar Köksal¹, Gurdal Yilmaz, Serap Iskender, Mustafa Arslan, Ilknur Yavuz, Firdevs Aksoy, Zati Vatansever

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey. [email protected]

PMID: 20948224
DOI: 10.1159/000319432

Abstract

Turkey is one of the countries in which Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is frequently seen and most of the cases are reported between April and August. We describe the first case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in the winter season, when Hyalomma tick activity is absent, from Turkey.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Disease Vectors
Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / isolation & purification*
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / diagnosis*
Humans
Ixodidae / growth & development
Male
Middle Aged
Seasons
Turkey