| nosocomial outbreak of crimean-congo haemorrhagic fever. | summarywe report a nosocomial outbreak of crimean-congo haemorrhagic fever (cchf) that affected six patients in june 2009 in ghaem hospital, mashhad, iran, apparently related to one index case. the last four cases were healthcare workers. infection was spread by percutaneous exposure to two cases, and probably by direct contact with blood, clothes and sheets, to three others. the diagnosis in the two fatal cases was not confirmed virologically. the diagnosis in four cases who survived was confir ... | 2011 | 20800007 |