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Dr KK Aggarwal 05 June 2018
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is caused by infection with a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus) belonging to the Bunyaviridae family.
The disease was first characterized in the Crimea in 1944, which gave it the name of ‘Crimean hemorrhagic fever”. In 1969, it was also identified in the Congo, giving it the present name of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.
CCHF is endemic in Africa, Eastern Europe, northwestern China, central Asia, southern Europe, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.
(Source: CDC, WHO)
Links to earlier published stories on CCHF in eMedinewS
Dr KK Aggarwal
Padma Shri Awardee
Vice President CMAAO
Group Editor-in-Chief IJCP Publications
President Heart Care Foundation of India
Immediate Past National President IMA
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