CCHF appears to be a seasonal problem in the Mid-Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The possible risk factors for transmission and the clinical and laboratory findings of patients with a diagnosis of CCHF were found to be similar to those reported in the literature. The mean fatality rate for Turkey is lower than the rate reported for other series from other parts of the world.

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The authors report a family affected by multiple daily episodes of transient visual loss, elicited repetitive daily blindness (ERDB); the onset was early in life, and the disease followed a benign course. ERDB is associated with childhood epilepsy and familial hemiplegic migraine, apparently segregating as a monogenic, autosomal dominant condition with variable expression. Genetic linkage to CACNA1A was excluded.

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VZV ARN is a severe infection with a poor prognosis. This case demonstrates that combination of antiviral therapies given intravenously (acyclovir + foscarnet) and in the vitreous (ganciclovir) may be safe and efficacious in the management of necrotising herpetic retinopathies affecting immunocompetent patients.