Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever

Section I. Introduction and Historical Perspectives

1. Introduction
Onder Ergonul, Chris A. Whitehouse

2. A Historical Perspective of Infectious Diseases with Reference to Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
Berna Arda, Ahmet Aciduman

3. Personal Reflections
John P. Woodall

Section II. Etiologic Agent

4. Molecular Biology of the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
Ramon Flick

5. Molecular Epidemiology, Genomics, and Phylogeny of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
Roger Hewson

Section III. Epidemiology and Ecology

6. Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Turkey
Zati Vatansever, Ramazan Uzun DVM, Agustin Estrada-Pena, Onder Ergonul

7. Epidemiology of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in the Balkans
Tatjana AvŠi?-Županc

8. Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Infection in Iran
Sadegh Chinikar

9. Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Russia and Other Countries of the Former Soviet Union
A. M. Butenko, G.G. Karganova

10. Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of Western China
Masayuki Saijo

11. Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in South Africa
Felicity J. Burt, Janusz T. Paweska DVSc, Robert Swanepoel DTVM

12. Role of Ticks in the Transmission of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
Michael J. Turell

13. Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Infection among Animals
Aysegul Nalca, Chris A. Whitehouse

14. Ecology of Tick-Borne Disease and the Role of Climate
Sarah E. Randolph, David J. Rogers

15. Mathematical Modeling of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Transmission
Ben S. Cooper

Section IV. Clinical Features, Pathogenesis, and Treatment

16. Clinical and Pathologic Features of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
Onder Ergonul

17. Comparative Pathogenesis of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever and Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
Mike Bray

18. Laboratory Diagnosis of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
Hervé Zeller

19. Treatment of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
Onder Ergonul, Ali Mirazimi, Dimiter S. Dimitrov

Section V. Prevention and Control

20. Risk Groups and Control Measures for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
Chris A. Whitehouse

21. Estimates and Prevention of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Risks for Health-Care Workers
Arnaud Tarantola, Onder Ergonul, Pierre Tattevin

22. International Surveillance and Control of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreaks
Pierre Formenty DVM, Glenn Schnepf, Fernando Gonzalez-Martin, Zhenqiang Bi

Section VI. Remaining Questions and Future Research

23. Future Research
Onder Ergonul, Chris A. Whitehouse

Keywords: Biomedicine, Virology, Bacteriology, Parasitology