Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2020)

Clinical Management of Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever using Ribavirin and Favipiravir, Belgium, 2020

  • Ioannis Veliziotis,
  • Alain Roman,
  • Delphine Martiny,
  • Gerlind Schuldt,
  • Marc Claus,
  • Nicolas Dauby,
  • Sigi Van den Wijngaert,
  • Charlotte Martin,
  • Rakan Nasreddine,
  • Claudia Perandones,
  • Romain Mahieu,
  • Corien Swaan,
  • Serge Van Praet,
  • Deborah Konopnicki,
  • Maria A. Morales,
  • Denis Malvy,
  • Etienne Stevens,
  • Philippe Dechamps,
  • Erika Vlieghe,
  • Olivier Vandenberg,
  • Stephan Günther,
  • Michèle Gérard

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2607.200275
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 7
pp. 1562 – 1566

Abstract

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We report a case of Argentine hemorrhagic fever diagnosed in a woman in Belgium who traveled from a disease-endemic area. Patient management included supportive care and combination therapy with ribavirin and favipiravir. Of 137 potential contacts, including friends, relatives, and healthcare and laboratory workers, none showed development of clinical symptoms of this disease.

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