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ArticleIndian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine

Contact Tracing for an Imported Case of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever - Experience from a Tertiary Care Center in Kerala, South India.

Ronnie Thomas, Flossy Mathew, Edwin Mathew Louis, Chithra Valsan, R Priyanka, Joe Thomas, Lucy Raphael

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7 authors.

Ronnie ThomasDepartment of Community Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
Flossy MathewDepartment of Community Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
Edwin Mathew LouisDepartment of Community Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
Chithra ValsanDepartment of Microbiology, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
R PriyankaDepartment of Community Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
Joe ThomasDepartment of Community Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
Lucy RaphaelDepartment of Community Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 30-year-old male working in an abattoir in UAE returned home to Kerala, South India, after getting diagnosed with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever infection. He was admitted to a tertiary care center on the day of arrival and was placed under isolation. Due to the risk of spread of infection among health-care workers, contact-tracing and symptom-monitoring activities were undertaken. As strict standard contact precautions, isolation, contact identification and listing, quarantine, and sensitization of health-care workers were implemented, no secondary cases occurred.

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Contact tracingCrimean–Congo hemorrhagic feverhealth-care workershigh-risk contactKerala

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PMID31602121
PMCPMC6776958

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