TY  - JOUR
TT  - Crimean Congo Hemorragic Fever in Agricultural Workers
AU  - Akbaba, Muhsin
AU  - Ötegen, Volkan Recai
AU  - Kurt, Burak
PY  - 2017
DA  - November
JF  - The Turkish Journal Of Occupational / Environmental Medicine and Safety
JO  - turjoem
PB  - Engin TUTKUN
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2149-4711
SP  - 28
EP  - 28
VL  - 2
IS  - 1(4)
KW  - Crimean Congo Hemorragic Fever in Agricultural Workers
N2  - TheCrimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is common in eastern and western Africa and iscaused by RNA virus. Carriers are mostly hyalomonic tick species. The firstcase was seen in Crimea in 1944. The disease was first seen in 2002 in Turkey.The disease can be transmitted by ticks or by contact with blood, tissues andsecretions of infected patients or animals. Hemorrhage and agitation are seenafter 3-5 days of flu-like symptoms. It is reported that the mortality rate ofthe disease is around 10%. According to the health ministry; in 12 years therewere 440 deaths in 9069 cases. The case-mortality rate is 4.85%.There is no FDA-approved specific treatment, but symptomatic treatments areavailable. The use of ribavirin is controversial. Therefore, protection in riskgroups is gaining importance.In our country, the north of the Central Anatolia Region and the south of theBlack Sea Region are frequently encountered. Risk groups in terms of diseaseare; Farmers, livestock farmers, butchers, slaughterhouse workers,veterinarians, health personnel and patient relatives.Those living in this area and those engaged in agriculture should be consciousand the following measures should be taken;1- Outdoor workers and agricultural workers should wear fully covered and lightcolored clothes,2- The risk group should check for ticks in the body when they return home,3- The tick card should be distributed to the people working and living in theregion,4- If the person cant pull out the tick when noticed, he should apply to adoctor immediately,5- In April and October, when the farms are active, agricultural workers mustbe examined,6- Protective chemicals against ticks and insecticides should be used incertain areas where the ticks are dense.  Keywords:agriculturalworkers, crimean congo hemorrhagic fever, measures
CR  - Muhsin Akbaba, Volkan Recai Ötegen, Burak Kurt
Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/turjoem/issue//383691
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/410883
ER  -