Contact tracing and serosurvey among healthcare workers exposed to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Greece

Helen C. Maltezou From the Department for Interventions in Healthcare Facilities, Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]

Efstratios Maltezos Second Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece

Anna Papa First Department of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Reference on Arboviruses and Haemorrhagic Fever Viruses, Thessaloniki, Greece

Abstract

We investigated the probability of nosocomial transmission of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus among healthcare workers (HCWs) who cared for the first CCHF case in Greece. Specific IgM and/or IgG antibodies against CCHF virus were not detected in the 21 HCWs studied. Although person-to-person transmission did not take place, education of HCWs about the modes of CCHF virus transmission and appropriate infection control measures is needed in order to avoid future nosocomial cases.

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