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...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate cochlear involvement in child patients with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) disease. METHODS Twenty-eight CCHF disease patients (56 ears) and 26 sex- and age-matched healthy control subjects (52 ears) were included in the study. Pure-tone audiometry at frequencies 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, and 6 kHz, immittance measures including tympanometr...

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus has attracted considerable attention recently and a number of phylogenetic studies have been published, based mostly on partial sequences of S and M RNA segments. In this study, available full-length S, M and L segment sequences of CCHF virus were checked for recombination. Similarity plots and bootscan analysis of the S segment suggested multiple re...

The case of a child with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) presumably infected with CCHF virus from her 27-year-old mother is described. The mother with CCHF was treated with ribavirin and did not present with any symptoms of obvious hemorrhage. The child developed fever on the 5th day after the mother's onset. The partial virus genome was amplified by RT-PCR, and nested PCR from the child...

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne viral zoonosis with the potential of human-to-human transmission that affects wide areas in Asia, Southeastern Europe, and Africa. Hemorrhagic manifestations constitute a prominent symptom of late stage disease with case fatality rates from 3 to 50%. We present a case of CCHF complicated by hemorrhagic pleural effusion and resulting in reso...

INTRODUCTION Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is endemic in southeast Iran. In this study we present the epidemiological features of CCHF and its relationship with climate factors in over a 13-year span. METHODOLOGY Surveillance system data of CCHF from 2000 to 2012 were obtained from the Province Health Centre of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences in southeast Iran. The climate dat...

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a potentially fatal disease affecting multiple organ systems. To determine the association between viral load and severity of CCHF infection, quantitative measurement of CCHF virus was performed using 1-step reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction for 36 patients with CCHF infection. Viral loads ranged from 1.1x10(3) copies/mL to > or = 9.9x10(9...

BACKGROUND Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), an acute viral infection, is a zoonotic disease which is transmitted to humans by infected ticks, direct contact with fresh meat or blood of infected animals (usually domestic livestock), or direct contact with the blood or secretions of an infected person. Livestock handlers, skin processors, veterinary staff, livestock market workers, and oth...

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is an acute tick-borne viral disease transmitted to humans by Hyalomma ticks or by direct contact with the blood of infected humans or domestic animals. In certain areas of the world, including Africa, Asia, South East Europe and Middle East, sporadic cases or outbreaks of CCHF have been reported. During the last six-year period from 2003 to 2009, CCHF has...