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South African Medical Journal. Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Geneeskunde. 68(9):638-41, 1985 Oct 26.

Investigations following initial recognition of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in South Africa and the diagnosis of 2 further cases.

Swanepoel R, Shepherd AJ, Leman PA, Shepherd SP

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Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 2030

Cause and Effect Analysis Interspecies susceptibility data Shared exposures with humans Shared outcomes with humans Gene sequence data
Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Study type N Routes Sampling Controls Timing
descriptive 3 vector - - concurrent
cross sectional 1818 vector both yes concurrent
cross sectional 6128 vector exposure yes concurrent
Exposures Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo
Rift Valley fever virus
Risk factors Ecosystem
Outcomes Carrier State
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean
Rift Valley Fever
Species Cattle
Human
Locations location map
South Africa (sf01) Danielskuil (populated place)
East London (populated place)
(sf04) Bronkhorstspruit (populated place)
Eastern Cape Port Elizabeth (populated place)
Free State Orange Free State (first-order administrative division)
Gauteng Johannesburg (seat of a first-order administrative division)
Northern Cape Province of Northern Cape (first-order administrative division)
Western Cape Cape Town (seat of a first-order administrative division)

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