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Case Reports
. 2003 Sep;69(3):284-7.

Short report: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, February 2002

Muhammad Nauman Athar  1 , Haider Zaigham Baqai, Masood Ahmad, Mohammad Ali Khalid, Naghman Bashir, Ahsan Maqbool Ahmad, Abbas Hayat Balouch, Kaukab Bashir
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Case Reports

Short report: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, February 2002

Muhammad Nauman Athar et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Sep.

Abstract

A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever occurred in Rawalpindi, Pakistan in February 2002. The identified index case died shortly after admission to a hospital. Two of the health care workers became secondary cases; one of them died on day 13 after coming in contact with the index case. The other secondary case was successfully treated with oral ribavirin.

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