Co-infection of Malaria and Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
Southeast of Iran is an endemic area for Malaria and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). In 1999, we faced with an outbreak of CCHF in Sistan and Baluchistan Province, in the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. The most cases of Malaria in Iran are also reported from this area. This article pr...
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| description | Southeast of Iran is an endemic area for Malaria and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). In 1999, we faced with an outbreak of CCHF in Sistan and Baluchistan Province, in the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. The most cases of Malaria in Iran are also reported from this area. This article presents a 17-year- old woman who admitted to our hospital because of acute fever, headache, epistaxis, hemorrhagic lesions on the skin and vaginal bleeding. Finally, she was recognized as a case that was co -infected with CCHF and malaria. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8ad9b1a2a5dd4000ac418854ea4fdfbd2022-12-21T23:35:01ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Parasitology1735-70202008-238X2011-09-0163113115Co-infection of Malaria and Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic FeverB Sharifi-MoodM MetanatF RakhshaniA ShakeriSoutheast of Iran is an endemic area for Malaria and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). In 1999, we faced with an outbreak of CCHF in Sistan and Baluchistan Province, in the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. The most cases of Malaria in Iran are also reported from this area. This article presents a 17-year- old woman who admitted to our hospital because of acute fever, headache, epistaxis, hemorrhagic lesions on the skin and vaginal bleeding. Finally, she was recognized as a case that was co -infected with CCHF and malaria.http://journals.tums.ac.ir/upload_files/pdf/19132.pdfCoinfectionCrimean-Congo Hemorrhagic FeverMalariaIran |
| spellingShingle | B Sharifi-Mood M Metanat F Rakhshani A Shakeri Co-infection of Malaria and Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Iranian Journal of Parasitology Coinfection Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Malaria Iran |
| title | Co-infection of Malaria and Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever |
| title_full | Co-infection of Malaria and Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever |
| title_fullStr | Co-infection of Malaria and Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever |
| title_full_unstemmed | Co-infection of Malaria and Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever |
| title_short | Co-infection of Malaria and Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever |
| title_sort | co infection of malaria and crimean congo hemorrhagic fever |
| topic | Coinfection Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Malaria Iran |
| url | http://journals.tums.ac.ir/upload_files/pdf/19132.pdf |
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