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Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging infectious diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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To the editor: In a recent publication entitle “Surveillance of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Pakistan” published in “The Lancet Infectious Diseases”, the authors claimed that before the Eid al-Adha, Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF)-livestock infected are imported from Iran and Afghanistan to Baluchistan province of Pakistan and then transferred to other areas of the country
To the editor: In a recent publication entitle “Surveillance of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Pakistan” published in “The Lancet Infectious Diseases”, the authors claimed that before the Eid al-Adha, Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF)-livestock infected are imported from Iran and Afghanistan to Baluchistan province of Pakistan and then transferred to other areas of the country
Keywords: Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever, Pakistan
Type of Study: Letter to the Editor |
Subject:
Infectious diseases and public health
Received: 2018/02/5 | Accepted: 2018/02/7 | Published: 2018/03/10
Received: 2018/02/5 | Accepted: 2018/02/7 | Published: 2018/03/10
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