Open AccessCRIMEAN-CONGO HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER (CCHF) IN BALOCHISTAN
Author(s) -
Ghulam Sarwar Pirkani,
Essa Khan Jogezai,
Mansoor Ilyas
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2006.13.03.4999
Subject(s) - outbreak , medicine , crimean–congo hemorrhagic fever , zoonotic disease , disease , veterinary medicine , virology , socioeconomics , environmental health , tick , pathology , sociology
Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is a zoonotic disease causedby the bite of infected ticks, widely distributed in Asia and endemic in northern and western areas of Pakistan. InPakistan first human outbreak reported from Rawalpindi in 1976. In Balochistan first outbreak occured in 1987. Sincethan every year outbreaks of CCHF occur in northern parts of Balochistan. We are reporting our experience in detail,of these outbreaks and information about clinical picture, treatment and preventive measures for CCHF. cases