Genetic Detection and Isolation ofCrimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Kosovo, Yugoslavia
Open Access
- 1 August 2002
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 8 (8), 852-854
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0808.010448
Abstract
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (C-CHFV) strains were isolated from a fatal case and the attending physician in Kosovo, Yugoslavia. Early, rapid diagnosis of the disease was achieved by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. The physician was successfully treated with oral ribavirin. These cases yielded the first genetically studied C-CHFV human isolates in the Balkans.Keywords
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