A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever at Tygerberg Hospital. Part I. Clinical features

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dc.contributor.authorVan Eeden, P. J.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorJoubert, J. R.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan de Wal, B. W.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKing, J. B.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDe Kock, Annamarieen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGroenewald, J. H.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-18T14:57:32Z
dc.date.available2011-03-18T14:57:32Z
dc.date.issued1985
dc.descriptionCITATION: Van Eeden, P. J. et al. 1985. A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever at Tygerberg Hospital. Part I. Clinical features. South African Medical Journal, 68:711-717.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
dc.description.abstractCrimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a rare disease in South Africa. From 1981 to September 1984, 8 sporadic primary cases were reported. An outbreak of CCHF in a large university hospital is described; of 8 patients diagnosed 2 died (the index and a secondary case). Four patients were seriously ill and 2 had a mild illness. Problems were encountered in diagnosing the disease, which presents initially with influenza-like symptoms, differing only in severity from influenza. However, petechiae and other manifestations of a bleeding tendency distinguished it from influenza in the later phase of the disease. Special investigations, especially those revealing leucopenia and thrombocytopenia, were critically important in early diagnosis. The dilemma of handling this highly contagious disease is that definite virological diagnosis is time-consuming and is conducted in only one high-security laboratory 1600 km distant. A further case was admitted 3 months later from a different locality and confirmed virologically but no secondary cases could be confirmed or traced.
dc.description.versionPublisher’s version
dc.format.extent7 pages
dc.identifier.issn2078-5135 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/7486
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherHealth & Medical Publishing Group
dc.rights.holderSouth African Medical Journal
dc.subjectTropical medicineen_ZA
dc.titleA nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever at Tygerberg Hospital. Part I. Clinical featuresen_ZA
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