Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is a tick-borne viral disease reported from more than 30 countries in Africa, Asia, South-East Europe, and the Middle East. The majority of human cases are workers in livestock industry, agriculture, slaughterhouses, and veterinary practice. Nosocomial transmission is also well described. Clinical manifestations are nonspecific and symptoms typically include high...

Turkey is one of the countries in which Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is frequently seen and most of the cases are reported between April and August. We describe the first case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in the winter season, when Hyalomma tick activity is absent, from Turkey.

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever are endemic in Pakistan. However, the overlap of geographic distribution and early clinical features between the two conditions make a reliable diagnosis difficult in the initial stage of illness. A 16-year-old boy presented with a history of hematemesis and high-grade fever. A preliminary diagnosis of dengue hemorrhagic fever was mad...

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Crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever: treatment and control strategy in admitted patients

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since 1999, many cases of crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever have been reported from different parts of iran. this study intended to define cchf seroprevalence, incidence rates, and the most important risks in sistan- baluchestan province, iran. using cluster sampling with probability proportional to size, 310 subjects were selected from various districts of zahedan and zabol in the northern part ...

background: crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf) is a disease characterized by serious course, including acute viral fever, ecchymosis, thrombocytopenia, liver dysfunction and high rate of mortality. hypoxia inducible factor-1α (hif-1α) and vascular endothelial growth factor-a (vegf-a) play an important role both in the inflamma­tory process and plasma leakage. the aim of this study was to de...

case presentation this article presents a 56-year-old woman from guilan province, the north of iran and the southern coast of the caspian sea, who admitted to the hospital with acute fever, severe headache, thrombocytopenia, anemia, epigastric pain, myalgia, nausea and vomiting. conclusions we recognized that the case was co-infected by cchf and leptospirosis. introduction infectious diseases a...

[No Abstract] To the editor: In a recent publication entitle “Surveillance of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Pakistan”  published in “The Lancet Infectious Diseases”, the authors claimed that before the Eid al-Adha, Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF)-livestock infected are imported from Iran and Afghanistan to Baluchistan province of Pakistan and then tran...