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:: Volume 21, Issue 1 (spring 2011) ::
MEDICAL SCIENCES 2011, 21(1): 61-66 Back to browse issues page
Epidemiological survey of Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever in Khorasan Razavi (2009)
Farid Ebadi1 , Ramezan Ali Esmaeil 2, Alireza Zohoor3
1- of Management of Health Services, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Mashad University of Medical Sciences, Mashad, Iran , esmaeiliram@gmail.com
3- PhD of Epidemiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:   (17820 Views)

Background: Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral zoonosis disease was reported from different part of world since 1944. This research was conducted to study the epidemiology of CCHF and also confirm the epidemic of disease in the province of Khorasan Razavi in spring and summer 2009.

 Materials and methods: In this cross-sectional study, all suspected and probable CCHF cases reported to surveillance system in the Spring & Summer of 2009 were studied.

Results: In the first 6 months of 2009, 13 people were infected to this virus in the Khorasan razavi province. Compared with previous years, it confirms an outbreak. Four patients (31%) were medical staff of Ghaem hospital, four patients (31%) were butchers and the rest (38%) were farmer or poultry staff.

 Conclusion: According to our findings, medical staffs, butchers and ranchers are seriously at risk more than others. For prevention of epidemic, case finding, early diagnosis and training of high risk groups are essential in surveillance system

Keywords: CCHF, Zoonosis, Hemorrhagic fever, Tick-borne diseases
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Semi-pilot: Survey/Cross Sectional/Descriptive | Subject: Epidemiology
Received: 2011/07/21 | Published: 2011/06/15
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Ebadi F, Esmaeil R A, Zohoor A. Epidemiological survey of Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever in Khorasan Razavi (2009). MEDICAL SCIENCES 2011; 21 (1) :61-66
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Volume 21, Issue 1 (spring 2011) Back to browse issues page
فصلنامه علوم پزشکی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد پزشکی تهران Medical Science Journal of Islamic Azad Univesity - Tehran Medical Branch
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