Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2012)

Subclinical Infections with Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Turkey

  • Hürrem Bodur,
  • Esragül Akinci,
  • Sibel Ascioglu,
  • Pinar Öngürü,
  • Yavuz Uyar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1804.111374
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 4
pp. 640 – 642

Abstract

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To investigate Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in Turkey, we conducted a seroepidemiologic survey during January–April 2009. Seroprevalence of infection was 10% in a sample from an outbreak region and increased with patient age, indicating that the virus had been previously present in Turkey. We also estimated that 88% of infections were subclinical.

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