Printer Friendly
The Free Dictionary
989,562,041 visitors served.
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
(redirected from Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus)

    Also found in: Wikipedia 0.14 sec.
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
a zoonotic disease of humans, in central Asia through to eastern Europe, who are in contact with livestock. Caused by a bunyavirus, it is transmitted by ticks. The principal signs are fever, widespread hemorrhages and necrotizing hepatitis.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
We developed a real-time reverse transcription--PCR that detected 1,164 copies/mL of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus per milliliter of serum at 95% probability (probit analysis) and was 100% concordant with nested PCR on 63 samples from 31 patients with confirmed infection.
Virus detection and monitoring of viral load in Crimean-Congo ... by Drosten, Christian / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Rapid and quantitative detection of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus by one-step real-time reverse transcriptase-PCR.
Viral load and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever by Antoniadis, Antonis / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The most serious human pathogen among the tickborne viruses in the African region is Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), a member of the Nairovirus genus that can cause fatal hemorrhagic disease (8,9).
Tickborne arbovirus surveillance in market livestock, Nairobi, Kenya by Miller, Barry / Emerging Infectious Diseases
More results
 
Medical browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Medical Dictionary
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.