TY - JOUR
T1 - Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Iran and neighboring countries
AU - Chinikar, S
AU - Ghiasi, Seyed Mojtaba
AU - Hewson, R
AU - Moradi, M
AU - Haeri, A
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a zoonotic viral disease that is asymptomatic in infected livestock, but a serious threat to humans. Human infections begin with nonspecific febrile symptoms, but progress to a serious hemorrhagic syndrome with a case fatality rate of 2-50%. Although the causative virus is often transmitted by ticks, livestock-to-human and human-to-human transmissions also occur. The disease is one of the most widely distributed viral hemorrhagic fevers occurring in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and some parts of Europe. In this study, we have focused on the CCHF situation in Iran and neighboring countries and provide evidence of over 5000 confirmed cases of CCHF in a single period/season.
AB - Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a zoonotic viral disease that is asymptomatic in infected livestock, but a serious threat to humans. Human infections begin with nonspecific febrile symptoms, but progress to a serious hemorrhagic syndrome with a case fatality rate of 2-50%. Although the causative virus is often transmitted by ticks, livestock-to-human and human-to-human transmissions also occur. The disease is one of the most widely distributed viral hemorrhagic fevers occurring in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and some parts of Europe. In this study, we have focused on the CCHF situation in Iran and neighboring countries and provide evidence of over 5000 confirmed cases of CCHF in a single period/season.
KW - Animals
KW - Disease Vectors
KW - Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo
KW - Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean
KW - Humans
KW - Middle East
KW - Ticks
KW - Zoonoses
U2 - 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.10.014
DO - 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.10.014
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 20006541
SN - 1386-6532
VL - 47
SP - 110
EP - 114
JO - Journal of Clinical Virology
JF - Journal of Clinical Virology
IS - 2
ER -
