Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Two die from tick-based fever in northern Turkey
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
ISTANBUL - Daily News with wires
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, or CCHF, is suspected to have killed two people in northern Turkey on Tuesday, Doğan news agency reported Wednesday.
The fever, caused by tick bites, was cited as the likely cause of death for both H?seyin Baytem?r, 25, a waiter in Samsun, who went to the hospital for high fever and upset stomach, and of Satiye Erdem, 64, who reportedly became ill one week after she was stung by a tick in Tokat.
Baytem?r died at hospital, and his remains were sent to his hometown in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Wednesday morning
Erdem, on the other hand, died as she was being transferred to the Central Anatolian province of Sivas for treatment. Her remains were immediately sent back to her hometown, where she was buried in the evening.
Meanwhile, Sivas Provincial Health Directorate and Cumhuriyet University organized the fifth Patient and Employee Security Symposium on Wednesday.
Giving the opening speech at the symposium, Cumhuriyet University Rector İlyas D?kmetaş said diseases like CCHF, SARS or swine flu have been massively undermining tourism.
?Lately, CCHF has been on the rise again, particularly in the Kelkit Valley [of the Black Sea region]. And Sivas has been the biggest center in the world for the treatment and cure of patients with diseases like CCHF.?
CCHF is a widespread tick-borne viral disease, a zoonosis of domestic animals and wild animals that can affect humans.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=two-deaths-from-cchf-in-the-black-sea-region-2010-06-02
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
ISTANBUL - Daily News with wires
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, or CCHF, is suspected to have killed two people in northern Turkey on Tuesday, Doğan news agency reported Wednesday.
The fever, caused by tick bites, was cited as the likely cause of death for both H?seyin Baytem?r, 25, a waiter in Samsun, who went to the hospital for high fever and upset stomach, and of Satiye Erdem, 64, who reportedly became ill one week after she was stung by a tick in Tokat.
Baytem?r died at hospital, and his remains were sent to his hometown in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Wednesday morning
Erdem, on the other hand, died as she was being transferred to the Central Anatolian province of Sivas for treatment. Her remains were immediately sent back to her hometown, where she was buried in the evening.
Meanwhile, Sivas Provincial Health Directorate and Cumhuriyet University organized the fifth Patient and Employee Security Symposium on Wednesday.
Giving the opening speech at the symposium, Cumhuriyet University Rector İlyas D?kmetaş said diseases like CCHF, SARS or swine flu have been massively undermining tourism.
?Lately, CCHF has been on the rise again, particularly in the Kelkit Valley [of the Black Sea region]. And Sivas has been the biggest center in the world for the treatment and cure of patients with diseases like CCHF.?
CCHF is a widespread tick-borne viral disease, a zoonosis of domestic animals and wild animals that can affect humans.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=two-deaths-from-cchf-in-the-black-sea-region-2010-06-02