Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Migrant Worker Returning from Oman to India, 2016

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Migrant Worker Returning from Oman to India, 2016

In January 2016, a migrant worker who returned home to India after becoming ill in Oman was confirmed to have Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). Physicians should include CCHF in the differential diagnosis for patients with hemorrhagic signs and a history of recent travel to any area where CCHF...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 1005 - 1008
Main Authors: Yadav, Pragya D, Thacker, Sachin, Patil, Deepak Y, Jain, Rajlaxmi, Mourya, Devendra T
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01-06-2017
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects:
Adult
Animals
Antibodies, Viral - blood
Cercopithecus aethiops
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Migrant Worker Returning from Oman to India, 2016
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus
Dispatch
Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo - classification
Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo - genetics
Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo - isolation & purification
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean - diagnosis
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean - virology
Hemorrhagic fevers
Humans
Immunoglobulin M - blood
imported case
India
Mice
Migrant labor
Oman
Phylogeny
Risk factors
RNA, Viral - genetics
Transients and Migrants
Travel
Vero Cells
Viral Load
viruses
Oman
India
viruses
tick-borne disease
vector-borne infections
imported case
zoonoses
Oman
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus
India
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Summary:In January 2016, a migrant worker who returned home to India after becoming ill in Oman was confirmed to have Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). Physicians should include CCHF in the differential diagnosis for patients with hemorrhagic signs and a history of recent travel to any area where CCHF is endemic or prevalent.
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ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2306.161950