Contact tracing and serosurvey among healthcare workers exposed to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Greece.
We investigated the probability of nosocomial transmission of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus among healthcare workers (HCWs) who cared for the first CCHF case in Greece. Specific IgM and/or IgG antibodies against CCHF virus were not detected in the 21 HCWs studied. Although person-to-person transmission did not take place, education of HCWs about the modes of CCHF virus transmission and appropriate infection control measures is needed in order to avoid future nosocomial cases.
Maltezou
Helen C
HC
Department for Interventions in Healthcare Facilities, Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece. helen-maltezou@ath.forthnet.gr
Maltezos
Efstratios
E
Papa
Anna
A
D000328:Adult; D016358:Contact Tracing / Q000379:methods*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003225:Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo; D006479:Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires