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Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) Distribution Map
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF)
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The onset of CCHF is sudden, with initial signs and symptoms including headache, high fever, back pain, joint pain, stomach pain, and vomiting. Red eyes, a flushed face, a red throat, and petechiae (red spots) on the palate are common. Symptoms may also include jaundice, and in severe cases, changes in mood and sensory perception.
As the illness progresses, large areas of severe bruising, severe nosebleeds, and uncontrolled bleeding at injection sites can be seen, beginning on about the fourth day of illness and lasting for about two weeks.
In documented outbreaks of CCHF, fatality rates in hospitalized patients have ranged from 9% to as high as 50%
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus (family
Nairoviridae) was first recognized in the Crimean Peninsula (in the south of present-day Ukraine) in an outbreak among agricultural workers in the 1940s. The same virus was isolated in 1956 from a single patient in present day Democratic Republic of Congo, giving the virus its name. The virus is spread by infected ticks or livestock, and person-to-person transmission can also occur.
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