Volume 10, Number 8—August 2004
Research
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Turkey
S. Sami Karti*
, Zekaver Odabasi†, Volkan Korten†, Mustafa Yilmaz*, Mehmet Sonmez*, Rahmet Caylan*, Elif Akdogan*, Necmi Eren*, Iftihar Koksal*, Ercument Ovali*, Bobbie R. Erickson‡, Martin J. Vincent‡, Stuart T. Nichol‡, James A. Comer‡, Pierre E. Rollin‡, and Thomas G. Ksiazek‡
, Zekaver Odabasi†, Volkan Korten†, Mustafa Yilmaz*, Mehmet Sonmez*, Rahmet Caylan*, Elif Akdogan*, Necmi Eren*, Iftihar Koksal*, Ercument Ovali*, Bobbie R. Erickson‡, Martin J. Vincent‡, Stuart T. Nichol‡, James A. Comer‡, Pierre E. Rollin‡, and Thomas G. Ksiazek‡Table
Signs and symptoms among clinically suspected and confirmed CCHF patientsa
| Signs and symptoms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confirmed cases n=5 | Suspected cases n=14 | Total (%) n=19 | ||
| Malaise |
5 |
14 |
19 (100%) |
|
| Fever |
4 |
12 |
16 (84%) |
|
| Nausea and vomiting |
3 |
13 |
16 (84%) |
|
| Abdominal pain |
3 |
13 |
16 (84%) |
|
| Petechiae-ecchymosis |
5 |
6 |
11 (58%) |
|
| Myalgia |
4 |
4 |
8 (42%) |
|
| Bleeding from various sites |
1 |
7 |
8 (42%) |
|
| Diarrhea |
3 |
4 |
7 (37%) |
|
| Lymphadenopathy |
1 |
3 |
4 (21%) |
|
| Hepatomegaly | 1 | 3 | 4 (21%) | |
aCCHF, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.
