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Volume 20, Number 3—March 2014
Dispatch

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever among Health Care Workers, Turkey

Aysel Kocagul Celikbas, Başak Dokuzoğuz, Nurcam Baykam, Sebnem Eren Gok, Mustafa Necati Eroğlu, Kenan Midilli, Herve Zeller, and Onder ErgonulComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey (A.K. Celikbas, B. Dokuzoğuz, N. Baykam, S.E. Gok, M.N. Eroğlu); Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey (K. Midilli); Institut Pasteur, Lyon, France (H. Zeller); Koç University, Istanbul (O. Ergonul)

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Table 2

Demographic features of HCWs with occupational exposure to Crimean-Conger hemorrhagic fever virus, Turkey, 2004–2011*

Episode, outcome† HCW age, y/sex/profession Procedure Transmission route Ribavirin for postexposure prophylaxis Ribavirin for therapy (no. d after symptom onset) Fatal
Episode 1; survived, her baby died
36/M/nurse Wound care Contact with surgical wound
without protective equipment No Yes (0) No
31/F/nurse
Intubation, aspiration
Aerosol and droplet and contact without protective equipment
No
No
No
Episode 2; died
28/F/nurse
Phlebotomy
Needlestick
No
Yes (3)
Yes
Episode 3; died
41/M/physician Resuscitation Aerosol and droplet Yes (0) No
26/M/physician Nasal tamponade Indirect contact Yes (0) No
29/M/physician
Nasal tamponade
Indirect contact

Yes (0)
No
Episode 4; survived
30/M/nurse
Phlebotomy
Needlestick
No
Yes (1)
No
Episode 5; survived
30/F/nurse
Phlebotomy
Needlestick
Yes

No
Episode 6; survived 24/F/physician Phlebotomy Needlestick Yes No

*HCW, health care worker; –, ribavirin not necessary.
†Outcome for the index case-patient in each episode.

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