International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages 713-716, November 2009

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Greece: a public health perspective

  • Helen C. Maltezou

      Affiliations

    • Department for Interventions in Health-Care Facilities, Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 42 3rd Septemvriou Street, Athens, Greece
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  • Anna Papa

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Reference on Arboviruses and Haemorrhagic Fever Viruses, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • Sotirios Tsiodras

      Affiliations

    • Department for Interventions in Health-Care Facilities, Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 42 3rd Septemvriou Street, Athens, Greece
    • Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
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  • Vasiliki Dalla

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupoli, Greece
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  • Efstratios Maltezos

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupoli, Greece
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  • Antonios Antoniadis

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Reference on Arboviruses and Haemorrhagic Fever Viruses, Thessaloniki, Greece

Received 4 August 2008; received in revised form 3 October 2008; accepted 25 November 2008. published online 20 January 2009.

Corresponding Editor: William Cameron, Ottawa, Canada

Summary 

In June 2008 the first non-imported fatal case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) was recorded in northern Greece. We present herein the public health interventions and the case definitions we developed for the epidemiological investigation. The possibility of CCHF establishing endemicity in this area is discussed.

Keywords: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Hemorrhagic fever, Greece, Public health, Ticks, Vector-borne diseases

 

PII: S1201-9712(08)01749-9

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2008.11.011

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages 713-716, November 2009

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