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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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Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in a Greek worker returning from Bulgaria, June 2018
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Anna+Papa&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Papa Anna</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Filothei+Markatou&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Markatou Filothei</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Helena+C.+Maltezou&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Maltezou Helena C.</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Elpida+Papadopoulou&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Papadopoulou Elpida</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Eirini+Terzi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Terzi Eirini</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sarantoula+Ventouri&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ventouri Sarantoula</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Danai+Pervanidou&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pervanidou Danai</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sotirios+Tsiodras&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Tsiodras Sotirios</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Efstratios+Maltezos&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Maltezos Efstratios</a></span>. Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in a Greek worker returning from Bulgaria, June 2018. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2018;23(35):pii=1800432. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.35.1800432" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.35.1800432</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 07 Aug 2018;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 28 Aug 2018 </span> </p>
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