title: Subclinical infections with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Turkey.
abstract: To investigate Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in Turkey, we conducted a seroepidemiologic survey during January-April 2009. Seroprevalence of infection was 10% in a sample from an outbreak region and increased with patient age, indicating that the virus had been previously present in Turkey. We also estimated that 88% of infections were subclinical.
authors.affiliation: Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. hurrembodur@gmail.com
authors.forename: Hürrem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bodur
authors.forename: Esragül
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Akinci
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ascioglu
authors.forename: Pinar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Öngürü
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uyar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D058345:Asymptomatic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D003225:Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / Q000276:immunology*; D006479:Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D012424:Rural Population; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral