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Two Cases of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Detected in a Non-endemic Feast of Sacrifice
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VOLUME: 46 ISSUE: 4
P: 339-341
December 2022

Two Cases of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Detected in a Non-endemic Feast of Sacrifice

Turkiye Parazitol Derg 2022;46(4):339-341
DOI: 10.4274/tpd.galenos.2022.03016
Ali Gümüş
Merve Sefa Sayar
Ali Asan
1. Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları Kliniği, Bursa, Türkiye
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Received Date: 05.11.2021
Accepted Date: 26.09.2022
Publish Date: 28.11.2022
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ABSTRACT

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral zoonotic infectious disease transmitted by ticks, accompanied by fever, bleeding, myalgia, weakness and similar non-specific symptoms, and can have an acute and serious course. In this article, two CCHF cases seen during the Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in a non-endemic province are described. The common feature of both cases; contact with animals in the endemic region during the feast of sacrifice, non-specific symptoms, liver function test, lactate dehydrogenase and creatine phosphokinase elevation, leukopenia and thrombocytopenia. Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, tick and livestock contact of patients with non-specific symptoms should be questioned.

Keywords: COVID-19, hemorrhagic fever virus, Crimean-Congo

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