Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2019)

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Kosovo, 2013–2016

  • Salih Ahmeti,
  • Lindita Berisha,
  • Bahrije Halili,
  • Florim Ahmeti,
  • Ronald von Possel,
  • Corinna Thomé-Bolduan,
  • Anett Michel,
  • Simone Priesnitz,
  • Emil C. Reisinger,
  • Stephan Günther,
  • Andreas Krüger,
  • Kurtesh Sherifi,
  • Xhevat Jakupi,
  • Christoph J. Hemmer,
  • Petra Emmerich

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2502.171999
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 2
pp. 321 – 324

Abstract

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During 2013–2016, a total of 32 patients were treated for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Prishtina, Kosovo; 11 died. In the 11 patients who died, findings included viral loads >1 × 108.5/mL, lactate dehydrogenase >2,700 U/mL, bleeding, and impaired consciousness. Ribavirin therapy had no noticeable effect in this small patient sample.

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