A case of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Greece, June 2008

A Papa; H C Maltezou; S Tsiodras; V G Dalla; T Papadimitriou; I Pierroutsakos; G N Kartalis; A Antoniadis

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A case of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Greece, June 2008
A Papa¹ , H C Maltezou² , S Tsiodras² , V G Dalla³ , T Papadimitriou² , I Pierroutsakos² , G N Kartalis³ , A Antoniadis¹
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Affiliations: ¹ First Department of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece - WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Reference on Arboviruses and Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses ² Department for Interventions in Health-Care Facilities, Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece ³ First Department of Internal Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace Medical

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Citation style for this article: Papa A, Maltezou H C, Tsiodras S, Dalla V G, Papadimitriou T, Pierroutsakos I, Kartalis G N, Antoniadis A. A case of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Greece, June 2008. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(33):pii=18952. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.33.18952-en Received: 11 Aug 2008

Abstract

A 46-year-old woman with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) died in a hospital in Alexandroupoli, in north-eastern Greece, in the end of June 2008. The woman was admitted to the hospital four days earlier, with fever, malaise, myalgia, chills and abdominal pain. One day before death, her condition deteriorated rapidly and she developed heavy hemorrhage from the genital tract, DIC and multi-organ failure. The patient reported a tick bite four days before admission, and that she had tried to remove the tick herself. No travel abroad was reported. She was engaged in agricultural activities in a rural area near the town of Komotini, in Rhodope prefecture, south of the Greek-Bulgarian border.