title: Nosocomial infection of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in eastern Iran: case report.
abstract: An outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever occurred in the county of Birjand in eastern Iran in November 2011. Four cases were involved in this outbreak. Two patients died after admission to hospital, one of whom was a nurse who acquired the infection nosocomially, and the others were treated successfully.
authors.affiliation: Arboviruses and Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers Laboratory (National Ref. Lab), Pasteur Institute of Iran, 60 Pasteur Ave., Tehran, Iran. sadeghchinikar@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sadegh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chinikar
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shayesteh
authors.forename: Sahar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khakifirouz
authors.forename: Tahmineh
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jalali
authors.forename: Fereshteh Sadat
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Rasi Varaie
authors.forename: Mahboubeh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rafigh
authors.forename: Ehsan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mostafavi
authors.forename: Nariman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shah-Hosseini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D003225:Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006479:Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D012367:RNA, Viral