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. 2019 Feb;25(2):321-324.
doi: 10.3201/eid2502.171999.

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Kosovo, 2013-2016

Salih Ahmeti, Lindita Berisha, Bahrije Halili, Florim Ahmeti, Ronald von Possel, Corinna Thomé-Bolduan, Anett Michel, Simone Priesnitz, Emil C Reisinger, Stephan Günther, Andreas Krüger, Kurtesh Sherifi, Xhevat Jakupi, Christoph J Hemmer, Petra Emmerich

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Kosovo, 2013-2016

Salih Ahmeti et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Feb.

Abstract

During 2013-2016, a total of 32 patients were treated for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Prishtina, Kosovo; 11 died. In the 11 patients who died, findings included viral loads >1 × 108.5/mL, lactate dehydrogenase >2,700 U/mL, bleeding, and impaired consciousness. Ribavirin therapy had no noticeable effect in this small patient sample.

Keywords: CCHF; Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever; Kosovo; LDH; bleeding; case-fatality rate; coma; lactate dehydrogenase; ribavirin; somnolence; viral load; viruses.

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Figure 1
Municipalities (komunë) in Kosovo, showing number of patients with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in each municipality. Map was obtained from Wikimedia, where it is available to the public under the GNU Free Documentation License (13). The original map has no invariant elements; it has been modified to indicate patient locations.
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Figure 2
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever cases and deaths by age group and sex, Kosovo, 2013–2016.
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