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Volume 24, Number 9—September 2018
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Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Postexposure Prophylaxis for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus among Healthcare Workers

Önder ErgönülComments to Author , Şiran Keske, Melis Gökçe Çeldir, İlayda Arjen Kara, Natalia Pshenichnaya, Gulzhan Abuova, Lucille Blumberg, and Mehmet Gönen
Author affiliations: Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey (Ö. Ergönül, M.G. Çeldir, İ.A. Kara, M. Gönen); American Hospital, Istanbul (Ş. Keske); Rostov State Medical University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia (N. Pshenichnaya); South-Kazakhstan State Pharmaceutical Academy, Shymkent, Kazakhstan (G. Abuova); National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa (L. Blumberg)

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Characteristics and outcomes for healthcare workers exposed to patients with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus infection, 1976–2017

Country (references) No. (%)
Exposed, N = 175 High risk, n = 107 Moderate risk, n = 65 Low or no known risk, n = 3 Infected, n = 102 Died, n = 34
Turkey (5,7,20–25) 49 (28) 23 (22) 26 (40) 0 19 (19) 3 (9)
Pakistan (15,26–32) 45 (26) 21 (20) 24 (36) 0 18 (18) 6 (18)
Germany (6) 18 (10) 18 (17) 0 0 2 (2) 0
Iran (33–36) 12 (7) 10 (9) 1 (2) 1 (33) 12 (12) 3 (9)
India (18,19) 8 (5) 5 (5) 3 (5) 0 8 (8) 6 (18)
Russia (8) 8 (5) 6 (6) 0 2 (67) 8 (8) 0
South Africa (9) 8 (5) 3 (3) 5 (8) 0 8 (8) 2 (6)
Tajikistan (37) 7 (4) 7 (7) 0 0 7 (7) 2 (6)
United Arab Emirates (38) 5 (3) 1 (1) 4 (6) 0 5 (5) 2 (6)
Kazakhstan (40) 5 (3) 3 (3) 2 (3) 0 5 (5) 3 (9)
Mauritania (39) 5 (3) 5 (5) 0 0 5 (5) 5 (15)
Sudan (41,42) 3 (2) 2 (2) 1 (2) 0 3 (3) 2 (6)
Albania (12) 1 (1) 1 (1) 0 0 1 (1) 0
Spain (2) 1 (1) (1) 0 0 1 (1) 0

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