Genetic detection and isolation of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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Papa, A [1 ]
Bozovi, B
Pavlidou, V
Papadimitriou, E
Pelemis, M
Antoniadis, A
机构
[1] Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol, WHO Collaborating Ctr Ref & Res Arboviruses & Hem, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
[2] Tolak Inst Immunol & Virol, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
[3] Inst Trop & Infect Dis, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
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10.3201/eid0808.010448
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
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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.
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