ABSTRACT

Unless post-mortem examinations are perfomed in adequate circumstances, there may be some life-threatening infectious risks for both the forensic medicine staff and for the environ-ment.

In last few years there was an increasing number of deaths due to the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Turkey.

We aimed to observe the rules that should be followed to minimize the risks of the autopsy on Crimean-Congo hemorr-hagic fever cases in which there is a high risk of infection.