TY - JOUR
T1 - Second International Conference on Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
AU - Spengler, Jessica R.
AU - Bente, Dennis A.
AU - Bray, Mike
AU - Burt, Felicity
AU - Hewson, Roger
AU - Korukluoglu, Gülay
AU - Mirazimi, Ali
AU - Weber, Friedemann
AU - Papa, Anna
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017
PY - 2018/2
Y1 - 2018/2
N2 - The Second International Conference on Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) was held in Thessaloniki, Greece, from September 10–13, 2017, and brought together international public health professionals, clinicians, ecologists, and basic laboratory researchers. Nearly 100 participants, representing 24 countries and the World Health Organization (WHO), were in attendance. Meeting sessions covered the epidemiology of CCHF in humans; ticks and virus-tick interactions; wild and domestic animal hosts; molecular virology; taxonomic classification; pathogenesis and animal models; clinical aspects and diagnosis; clinical management and clinical trials; and disease prevention in humans. The concluding session focused on recent WHO recommendations for public health measures and future research. This report summarizes lectures by the invited speakers and highlights advances in the field.
AB - The Second International Conference on Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) was held in Thessaloniki, Greece, from September 10–13, 2017, and brought together international public health professionals, clinicians, ecologists, and basic laboratory researchers. Nearly 100 participants, representing 24 countries and the World Health Organization (WHO), were in attendance. Meeting sessions covered the epidemiology of CCHF in humans; ticks and virus-tick interactions; wild and domestic animal hosts; molecular virology; taxonomic classification; pathogenesis and animal models; clinical aspects and diagnosis; clinical management and clinical trials; and disease prevention in humans. The concluding session focused on recent WHO recommendations for public health measures and future research. This report summarizes lectures by the invited speakers and highlights advances in the field.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.antiviral.2017.11.019
DO - 10.1016/j.antiviral.2017.11.019
M3 - Article
C2 - 29199036
AN - SCOPUS:85039808141
SN - 0166-3542
VL - 150
SP - 137
EP - 147
JO - Antiviral research
JF - Antiviral research
ER -