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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2005, p. 4905-4907, Vol. 43, No. 9
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.9.4905-4907.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Imported Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever

Stéphane Jauréguiberry,1 Pierre Tattevin,1* Arnaud Tarantola,2 François Legay,1 Adama Tall,3 Pierre Nabeth,3 Hervé Zeller,4 and Christian Michelet1

Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Réanimation Médicale, Pontchaillou University Hospital, Rennes, France,1 Institut National de Veille Sanitaire, Paris, France,2 Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Sénégal,3 Centre National de Référence des Fièvres Hémorragiques, Institut Pasteur, Lyon, France4

Received 10 March 2005/ Returned for modification 13 April 2005/ Accepted 9 May 2005

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne disease that may also be transmitted through person-to-person transmission by exposure to infected body fluids. Despite its wide geographic distribution in animals, CCHF virus is rarely associated with recognized human diseases. We report the first case of imported CCHF in France.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Réanimation Médicale, Pontchaillou University Hospital, rue Le Guilloux, 35033 Rennes Cedex, France. Phone: (33) 2 99289564. Fax: (33) 2 99282452. E-mail: pierre.tattevin{at}chu-rennes.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2005, p. 4905-4907, Vol. 43, No. 9
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.9.4905-4907.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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