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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2018

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in a Greek worker returning from Bulgaria, June 2018.

Anna Papa, Filothei Markatou, Helena C Maltezou, Elpida Papadopoulou, Eirini Terzi, Sarantoula Ventouri, Danai Pervanidou, Sotirios Tsiodras, Efstratios Maltezos

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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Two autochthonous cases of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever and the One Health response, Thessaly, Greece, 2025.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2025
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  7. Laboratory management of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus infections: perspectives from two European networks.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Anna PapaNational Reference Centre for Arboviruses and Haemorrhagic Fever viruses, Department of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Filothei MarkatouDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Helena C MaltezouDepartment for Interventions in Healthcare Facilities, Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece.
Elpida PapadopoulouNational Reference Centre for Arboviruses and Haemorrhagic Fever viruses, Department of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Eirini TerziSecond Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Sarantoula VentouriDepartment of Infection Control, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Danai PervanidouDepartment for Epidemiological Surveillance and Intervention, Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece.
Sotirios TsiodrasDepartment for Interventions in Healthcare Facilities, Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece.
Efstratios MaltezosSecond Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a tick-borne case of severe Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) imported into Greece from Bulgaria. The patient presented severe thrombocytopenia, hemophagocytosis, haemodynamic instability, large haematomas and altered mental status. Supportive treatment and ribavirin were administered. Symptoms started one day after the tick was removed; the patient was discharged from the hospital 26 days after symptom onset. No secondary cases were observed. Phylogenetically the CCHF virus strain belongs to clade Europe 1.

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TravelAnimalsAntiviral AgentsBulgariaGreeceHemorrhagic Fever, CrimeanHemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-CongoHumansMaleRibavirinThrombocytopeniaTicksTransients and MigrantsTreatment OutcomeAntiviral AgentsRibavirinBulgariaCrimean-Congo haemorrhagic feverGreeceimportedtick bite

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PMID30180928
PMCPMC6124189

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