Clinical Management of Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever using Ribavirin and Favipiravir, Belgium, 2020

We report a case of Argentine hemorrhagic fever diagnosed in a woman in Belgium who traveled from a disease-endemic area. Patient management included supportive care and combination therapy with ribavirin and favipiravir. Of 137 potential contacts, including friends, relatives, and healthcare and laboratory workers, none showed development of clinical symptoms of this disease.

Verfasser: Ioannis Veliziotis
Alain Roman
Delphine Martiny
Gerlind Schuldt
Marc Claus
Nicolas Dauby
Sigi Van den Wijngaert
Charlotte Martin
Rakan Nasreddine
Claudia Perandones
Romain Mahieu
Corien Swaan
Serge Van Praet
Deborah Konopnicki
Maria A. Morales
Denis Malvy
Etienne Stevens
Philippe Dechamps
Erika Vlieghe
Olivier Vandenberg
Stephan Günther
Michèle Gérard
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Reihe/Periodikum: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 7, Pp 1562-1566 (2020)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Schlagwörter: Junin virus / New World arenaviruses / viruses / Argentine hemorrhagic fever / travel / ribavirin / Medicine / R / Infectious and parasitic diseases / RC109-216
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26612465
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2607.200275