Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Greece: a public health perspective.
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.
Maltezou
Helen C
HC
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
Papa
Anna
A
Tsiodras
Sotirios
S
Dalla
Vasiliki
V
Maltezos
Efstratios
E
Antoniadis
Antonios
A
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