title: Medical examiners and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever contamination risk.
abstract: Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is an acute zoonotic infection caused by the CCHF virus. The viruses' activity peaks during April and May with a mortality rate of 3-30%. Transmission of the virus to human occurs through tick bites or exposure to infected animals' tissues or blood. The major at-risk group includes farmers living in endemic areas. Health-care workers are the second most affected group. Virus has shown up in a diverse geographic area which includes Middle East, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe and is considered one of the most wide-spread tick borne infections. The most recent cases are from Iran and Turkey. This article represents autopsy results of four CCHF infected cases in 2011 and 2012, in Ankara, Turkey.
authors.affiliation: Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Department of Forensic Medicine, Ankara, 06010, Turkey. Electronic address: sozsoy@gata.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Sait
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozsoy
authors.affiliation: Council of Forensic Medicine, Ankara Group Chairmanship, Ankara, 06300, Turkey. Electronic address: asudegokmen@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Asude
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gokmen
authors.affiliation: Council of Forensic Medicine, Ankara Group Chairmanship, Ankara, 06300, Turkey. Electronic address: mehtapzdmr@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mehtap
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.affiliation: Council of Forensic Medicine, Ankara Group Chairmanship, Ankara, 06300, Turkey. Electronic address: bakduman@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Baris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Akduman
authors.affiliation: Council of Forensic Medicine, Ankara Group Chairmanship, Ankara, 06300, Turkey. Electronic address: irfankorkusuz@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Irfan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Korkusuz
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Sciences, Forensic Science Program, Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL 36104, USA. Electronic address: gjavan@alasu.edu.
authors.forename: Gulnaz T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Javan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003334:Coroners and Medical Examiners; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology; D003225:Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo; D006479:Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Autopsy; Contamination; Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever; Microbiology