Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF)

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Etiology

Epidemiology

  • first characterized in the Crimea in 1944
  • later recognized in 1969 in the Congo
  • Eastern & Souther Europe
  • throughout the Mediterranean
  • northwestern China
  • central Asia
  • Africa
  • Middle East
  • India
  • tick-borne viral infection

Clinical manifestations

Laboratory

Complications

Management

More general terms

References

  1. Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever WHO Fact sheet N 208 January 2013 http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs208/en/
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/crimean-congo/index.html
  3. Wikipedia: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean%E2%80%93Congo_hemorrhagic_fever
  4. Appannanavar SB, Mishra B. An update on crimean congo hemorrhagic Fever. J Glob Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;3(3):285-92. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21887063 Free PMC Article
  5. Whitehouse CA Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. Antiviral Res. 2004 Dec;64(3):145-60. Review. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15550268