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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 69(3), 2003, pp. 284-287
Copyright © 2003 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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SHORT REPORT: CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER OUTBREAK IN RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN, FEBRUARY 2002

MUHAMMAD NAUMAN ATHAR, HAIDER ZAIGHAM BAQAI, MASOOD AHMAD, MOHAMMAD ALI KHALID, NAGHMAN BASHIR, AHSAN MAQBOOL AHMAD, ABBAS HAYAT BALOUCH, AND KAUKAB BASHIR
Department of Medicine, and Department of Pathology, Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan; Department of Community Health Sciences, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

 

ABSTRACT

A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever occurred in Rawalpindi, Pakistan in February 2002. The identified index case died shortly after admission to a hospital. Two of the health care workers became secondary cases; one of them died on day 13 after coming in contact with the index case. The other secondary case was successfully treated with oral ribavirin.

Received September 30, 2002. Accepted for publication June 4, 2003.

Acknowledgments: We are grateful to Samina Satti and Raja Mohammad Babar Akram (Department of Medicine, Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan) for reviewing the manuscript, and to Hamayun Asghar, Athar Saeed Dil (Public Health Division, National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan), and the staff of National Institute of Virology (Johannesburg, South Africa) for invaluable technical assistance. The authors are proud to be associated with Farzana Altaf, house physician at Holy Family Hospital, whose energy in improving standards was in the best traditions of our profession.

Authors’ addresses: Muhammad Nauman Athar, 436 South Lansdowne Avenue, Apartment # E-104, Yeadon, PA 19050, Telephone/ Fax: 610-394-6331, E-mail: drnaumanathar{at}yahoo.com. Haider Zaigum Baqai, Masood Ahmad, Mohammad Ali Khalid, Naghman Bashir, and Kaukab Bashir, Medical Unit II, Department of Medicine, Holy Family Hospital and Rawalpindi Medical College, Satellite Town, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Telephone: 92-51-929-0321-27 extensions 272 and 277, Fax: 92-51-929-0518. Ahsan Maqbool Ahmad, Department of Community Health Sciences, Second Floor, Ibn-e-Ridwan Building, The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi, Pakistan, Telephone: 92-21-4859-4923, Fax: 92-21-493-4294 and 92-21-493-2095. Abbas Hayat Balouch, Department of Pathology, Holy Family Hospital and Rawalpindi Medical College, Satellite Town, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Telephone: 92-51-929-0321-27, Fax: 92-51-929-0518.




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