Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 10, No. 10, October 2004 1881 detected during the early febrile period. The male patient still had fever when the needle accident occurred, and the needle was contaminated. Infectious disease specialists and other physicians should recognize that vector-borne diseases, such as dengue and malaria, are potentially life threatening. Therefore, ...

SIK,-A case of haemorrhagic fever caused by Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus' in May, 1983, in a parient who lived in Selibaby, south-eastern Mauritania, prompted an epidemiological survey in this area in March, 1984. The area around Selibaby is undifferentiated dry savannah. It is an important cattle-raising area, especially during the dry season when herds migrate from the north ...

Innate immunity is critically dependent on the rapid production of interferon in response to intruding viruses. The intracellular pathogen recognition receptors RIG-I and MDA5 are essential for interferon induction by viral RNAs containing 5' triphosphates or double-stranded structures, respectively. Viruses with a negative-stranded RNA genome are an important group of pathogens causing emergin...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne viral disease, causing severe viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks. This study aimed at determining the serum vitamin D levels and investigated the association between Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) and serum vitamin D levels in children with CCHF. METHODS A total of 45 children aged between 5 and 15 yr, viz. ...

Eid al Adha during CCHF transmission season poses a threat of exposing large population to this viral haemorrhagic fever. CCHF was first reported in Crimea in 1944. Oral ribavirin and general supportive therapy is the mainstay of treating CCHF case. Eid al Adha is a unique epidemiological event which shifts the risk of CCHF infection from high risk population to general population. During Eid, ...

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is an emerging tick-born zoonotic disease in India which is caused by Nairovirus of Bunyaviridae family. CCHF is reported from about 30 countries of the world. An outbreak of CCHF has been reported two years back in Gujarat which killed four people including two physicians, one nurse and a rural housewife. Tick bite, contact with infected material and noso...

This refers toDr. Levent Doganci’s letter published in your valuable Journal about Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) entitled “Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever as an indication for use of Ribavirin”.1 CrimeanCongo Hemorrhagic Fever is a widely distributed lethal disease, worldwide.2 Human are usually infected with CCHF virus through a tick bite or close contact with viral contaminated tissues or w...

BACKGROUND Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is endemic in certain areas of Pakistan with 14 outbreaks in addition to many sporadic cases so far. It is highly fatal zoonotic disease caused by bite of infected tick. The objective of our study is to describe clinical features, treatment and outcome of CCHF positive cases during its outbreak in Hazara division, with the intention to bring foc...

Abstract We conducted a serosurvey for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus antibodies in various wildlife species Catalonia, northeastern Spain. detected high seroprevalence southern close to the Ebro Delta wetland, key stopover birds migrating from Africa. Our findings could indicate that competent vectors are present region.