Nosocomial infection of CCHF among health care workers in Rajasthan, India

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 624 - 6
• Main Authors: Yadav, Pragya D., Patil, Deepak Y., Shete, Anita M., Kokate, Prasad, Goyal, Pulkit, Jadhav, Santosh, Sinha, Sanjeev, Zawar, Divya, Sharma, Surendra K., Kapil, Arti, Sharma, D. K., Upadhyay, Kamlesh J., Mourya, Devendra T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 03.11.2016; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Blood; Case Report; CCHF; Cross Infection; Disease Outbreaks; Epidemics; Fatalities; Gujarat; Health care; Hematology; Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo; Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean - epidemiology; Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean - transmission; Hospitals; Humans; India - epidemiology; Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; Intensive Care Units; Laboratories; Livestock; Male; Nosocomial infection; Nosocomial infections; Nurses; Nursing; Rajasthan; RT-PCR; Tick; Virus; Young Adult; Rajasthan India; India; Virus; CCHF; Tick; Gujarat; Rajasthan; RT-PCR

Ever since Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever [CCHF] discovered in India, several outbreaks of this disease have been recorded in Gujarat State, India. During the year 2011 to 2015 several districts of Gujarat and Rajasthan state (Sirohi) found to be affected with CCHF including the positivity among ti...