Open AccessCRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER CASES IN ISLAMABAD OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION REPORT - MAY 2014
Author(s) -
Mumtaz Ali Khan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of saidu medical college
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1819-4583
DOI - 10.52206/jsmc.2016.6.2.837-839
Subject(s) - crimean–congo hemorrhagic fever , outbreak , virology , asymptomatic , viral hemorrhagic fever , medicine , tick , ebola virus
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF),caused by a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus), is azoonotic viral disease that is asymptomatic ininfected animals, but a serious threat tohumans. 1 Human infections begin withnonspecific febrile symptoms, but progress to aserious hemorrhagic syndrome with a high casefatality rate (10 - 40%)2. It is one of the mostwidely distributed viral hemorrhagic feversoccurring in parts of Africa, Middle East, Asiaand Europe3. The occurrence of this virus iscorrelated with the distribution of Hyalommaspecies.4