Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Children in Southeast of Iran
| Author | Batool Sharifi-Mood | en |
| Author | Maliheh Metanat | en |
| Author | Seyed Mohammad Hashemi Shahri | en |
| Author | Masoud Salehi | en |
| Author | Manijeh Khalili | en |
| Orcid | Manijeh Khalili [0000-0001-6754-5011] | en |
| Issued Date | 2014-09-30 | en |
| Abstract | Background: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne disease caused by arbovirus which can be transmitted to human by several routes. Tick bite and living in a rural area have been the most common factors for inception of CCHF in adults and children in studies reported from Iran. Objectives: This study was conducted to detect the disease acquisition routes among children with confirmed CCHF in southeastern Iran. Patients and Methods: We evaluated all the files of patients with confirmed CCHF who were younger than 19 years old and were admitted to university hospitals (Zahedan, Southeastern Iran) during January 2000-January 2014. Results: Among 41 children and adolescents with CCHF (35 males and six females with age range of 5-19 years), animal contacts (23%) and living in endemic area (19%) were the most common factors for acquisition of the disease. Conclusions: Children and adolescents can acquire CCHF through the same routes that adults can be infected; but, in children tick bite is an uncommon way. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.17795/iji-22259 | en |
| Keyword | Crimean-Congo | en |
| Keyword | Hemorrhagic Fever | en |
| Keyword | Children | en |
| Keyword | Risk Factor | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Children in Southeast of Iran | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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