title: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Greece: a public health perspective.
abstract: In June 2008 the first non-imported fatal case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) was recorded in northern Greece. We present herein the public health interventions and the case definitions we developed for the epidemiological investigation. The possibility of CCHF establishing endemicity in this area is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department for Interventions in Health-Care Facilities, Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 42 3rd Septemvriou Street, Athens, Greece. helen-maltezou@ath.forthnet.gr
authors.forename: Helen C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Maltezou
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papa
authors.forename: Sotirios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsiodras
authors.forename: Vasiliki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dalla
authors.forename: Efstratios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maltezos
authors.forename: Antonios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antoniadis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors; D018563:Disease Notification; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D003225:Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006479:Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011634:Public Health; D013987:Ticks