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Co-infection of Malaria and Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever

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Southeast of Iran is an endemic area for Malaria and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). In 1999, we faced with an outbreak of CCHF in Sistan and Baluchistan Province, in the border of Paki­stan and Afghanistan. The most cases of Malaria in Iran are also reported from this area. This arti­cle presents a 17-year- old woman who admitted to our hospital because of acute fever, head­ache, epistaxis, hemorrhagic lesions on the skin and vaginal bleeding. Finally, she was recog­nized as a case that was co -infected with CCHF and malaria.

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Coinfection Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Malaria Iran
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Sharifi-Mood B, Metanat M, Rakhshani F, Shakeri A. Co-infection of Malaria and Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever. Iran J Parasitol. 1;6(3):113-115.