Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in India

To avoid infections in hospital settings, stringent infection control practices, proper air handling in intensive-care units, isolation of patients, and correct handling of clinical specimens are essential. Febrile patients with haemorrhagic symptoms, who are negative for dengue virus, should be con...

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Published inThe Lancet (British edition) Vol. 378; no. 9788; p. 372
Main Authors Mishra, Akhilesh C, Mehta, Minesh, Mourya, Devendra T, Gandhi, Sudhir
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 23.07.2011
Elsevier
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Adult
Arboviral haemorrhagic fevers
Arboviroses
Biological and medical sciences
Data collection
Fatal Outcome
Female
Fever
General aspects
Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean - diagnosis
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean - therapy
Hospitals
Human viral diseases
Humans
India
Infectious diseases
Internal Medicine
Leptospirosis
Male
Medical sciences
Nosocomial infections
Tropical diseases
Tropical viral diseases
Vector-borne diseases
Viral diseases
Asia
India
Infection
Medicine
Viral disease
Arbovirus disease
Congo-Crimean haemorrhagic fever
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Summary:To avoid infections in hospital settings, stringent infection control practices, proper air handling in intensive-care units, isolation of patients, and correct handling of clinical specimens are essential. Febrile patients with haemorrhagic symptoms, who are negative for dengue virus, should be considered as possible cases of CCHF for the purpose of hospital infection control and isolation of patients in India.
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ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60680-6