Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever - description of family epidemic
Authors: Katanić Radoslav , Katanić Nataša , Mirić Dijana , Kisić Bojana , Odalović Dragica , Odalović Andrijana 
Published: September 2013

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page12R_mcid8156&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 118.11px; top: 926.115px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.15945);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;Background&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page12R_mcid8157&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 212.718px; top: 926.115px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.14474);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is an acute, viral, natural, focal zoonosis, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page12R_mcid8158&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 118.11px; top: 946.115px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.09528);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;which is under natural conditions transferred to man by the bite of certain species of ticks. There is also &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page12R_mcid8159&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 118.11px; top: 966.115px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.13969);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;inter-human transmission of infection. A clinical picture is characterized by temperature and severe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page12R_mcid8160&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;br role=&quot;presentation&quot; /&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 118.11px; top: 986.115px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.11616);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;hemorrhages of different localization and different intensity. In this paper family epidemics of Crime&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page12R_mcid8162&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 118.11px; top: 1006.12px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.10452);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;an-Congo hemorrhagic fever are described.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page12R_mcid8163&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;br role=&quot;presentation&quot; /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 118.11px; top: 1035.56px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.14099);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;Epidemic description&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page12R_mcid8164&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 280.264px; top: 1035.56px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.09285);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; Treating patients with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Clinic of Infectious &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page12R_mcid8165&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 118.11px; top: 1055.56px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.13822);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;Diseases in Pristina we observed six family outbreaks. In four epidemics two family members were &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page12R_mcid8166&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 118.11px; top: 1075.56px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.10625);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;affected, in one four and in the other six members. In all patients the disease was manifested with tem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page12R_mcid8168&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 118.11px; top: 1095.56px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.10844);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;perature and bleeding. In both families in which four and six people were affected, one lethal outcome&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page12R_mcid8169&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;br role=&quot;presentation&quot; /&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 118.11px; top: 1115.56px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.11399);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;appeared. Diagnosis of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever was made on the basis of epidemiological, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page12R_mcid8170&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 118.11px; top: 1135.56px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.09483);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;clinical and serological data.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page12R_mcid8171&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;br role=&quot;presentation&quot; /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 118.11px; top: 1165.01px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.14596);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page12R_mcid8172&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 205.122px; top: 1165.01px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.12475);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is characterized by fever and hemorrhages. It occurs &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page12R_mcid8173&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 118.11px; top: 1185.01px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.13135);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;sporadically or in small, often family outbreaks. Although it is a zoonosis, inter-human transmission &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page12R_mcid8174&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 118.11px; top: 1205.01px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.09723);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;occurs, which is of great epidemiological importance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;