TY - JOUR AU - Ahmeti, Salih AU - Berisha, Lindita AU - Halili, Bahrije AU - Ahmeti, Florim AU - von Possel, Ronald AU - Thomé-Bolduan, Corinna AU - Michel, Anett AU - Priesnitz, Simone AU - Reisinger, Emil AU - Günther, Stephan AU - Krüger, Andreas AU - Sherifi, Kurtesh AU - Jakupi, Xhevat AU - Hemmer, Christoph AU - Emmerich, Petra T1 - Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Kosovo, 2013–2016 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2019 VL - 25 IS - 2 SP - 321 SN - 1080-6059 AB - During 2013–2016, a total of 32 patients were treated for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Prishtina, Kosovo; 11 died. In the 11 patients who died, findings included viral loads >1 × 108.5/mL, lactate dehydrogenase >2,700 U/mL, bleeding, and impaired consciousness. Ribavirin therapy had no noticeable effect in this small patient sample. KW - CCHF KW - Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever KW - Kosovo KW - case fatality rate KW - bleeding KW - somnolence KW - coma KW - viral load KW - LDH KW - ribavirin KW - viruses KW - case-fatality rate KW - lactate dehydrogenase DO - 10.3201/eid2502.171999 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/2/17-1999_article ER - End of Reference