Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Kosovo, 2013-2016
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Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Kosovo, 2013-2016
Abstract
During 2013-2016, a total of 32 patients were treated for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Prishtina, Kosovo; 11 died. In the 11 patients who died, findings included viral loads >1 × 108.5/mL, lactate dehydrogenase >2,700 U/mL, bleeding, and impaired consciousness. Ribavirin therapy had no noticeable effect in this small patient sample.
Keywords: CCHF; Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever; Kosovo; LDH; bleeding; case-fatality rate; coma; lactate dehydrogenase; ribavirin; somnolence; viral load; viruses.
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