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
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +30 210 8899 044; fax: +30 210 8899 330.
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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 ,Revised 3 October 2008 ,Accepted 25 November 2008.

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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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