Current status of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region: issues, challenges, and future directions
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is the most widespread, tick-borne viral disease affecting humans. The disease is endemic in many regions, such as Africa, Asia, Eastern and Southern Europe, and Central Asia. Recently, the incidence of CCHF has increased rapidly in the countries of the World...
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doaj-2f11de21a8ab4b4cb7d7677884bb0b1f2020-11-24T23:47:13ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97121878-35112017-05-0158C828910.1016/j.ijid.2017.02.018Current status of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region: issues, challenges, and future directionsSeif S. Al-Abri0Idris Al Abaidani1Mehdi Fazlalipour2Ehsan Mostafavi3Hakan Leblebicioglu4Natalia Pshenichnaya5Ziad A. Memish6Roger Hewson7Eskild Petersen8Peter Mala9Tran Minh Nhu Nguyen10Mamunur Rahman Malik11Pierre Formenty12Rosanna Jeffries13Ministry of Health, OmanDepartment of Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health, OmanDepartment of Arbovirus and Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, IranResearch Centre for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, IranDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, TurkeyHead of Infectious Diseases Department, Infectious Disease Department, Rostov State Medical University, Moscow, RussiaHubert Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USAArboviruses and VHFs, WHO Collaborating Centre (Special Pathogens), National Infection Service Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, UKInfectious Diseases, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, OmanInfectious Hazards Management, World Health Organization, Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, Cairo, EgyptInfectious Hazards Management, World Health Organization, Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, Cairo, EgyptInfectious Hazards Management, World Health Organization, Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, Cairo, EgyptInfectious Hazards Management, World Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandInfectious Hazards Management, World Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandCrimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is the most widespread, tick-borne viral disease affecting humans. The disease is endemic in many regions, such as Africa, Asia, Eastern and Southern Europe, and Central Asia. Recently, the incidence of CCHF has increased rapidly in the countries of the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region (WHO EMR), with sporadic human cases and outbreaks of CCHF being reported from a number of countries in the region. Despite the rapidly growing incidence of the disease, there are currently no accurate data on the burden of the disease in the region due to the different surveillance systems used for CCHF in these countries. In an effort to increase our understanding of the epidemiology and risk factors for the transmission of the CCHF virus (CCHFV; a Nairovirus of the family Bunyaviridae) in the WHO EMR, and to identify the current knowledge gaps that are hindering effective control interventions, a sub-regional meeting was organized in Muscat, Oman, from December 7 to 9, 2015. This article summarizes the current knowledge of the disease in the region, identifies the knowledge gaps that present challenges for the prevention and control of CCHFV, and details a strategic framework for research and development activities that would be necessary to curb the ongoing and new threats posed by CCHFV.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971217300656CCHFEastern Mediterranean RegionIxodid ticksCCHF virusKnowledge gaps |
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Seif S. Al-Abri Idris Al Abaidani Mehdi Fazlalipour Ehsan Mostafavi Hakan Leblebicioglu Natalia Pshenichnaya Ziad A. Memish Roger Hewson Eskild Petersen Peter Mala Tran Minh Nhu Nguyen Mamunur Rahman Malik Pierre Formenty Rosanna Jeffries |
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Seif S. Al-Abri Idris Al Abaidani Mehdi Fazlalipour Ehsan Mostafavi Hakan Leblebicioglu Natalia Pshenichnaya Ziad A. Memish Roger Hewson Eskild Petersen Peter Mala Tran Minh Nhu Nguyen Mamunur Rahman Malik Pierre Formenty Rosanna Jeffries Current status of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region: issues, challenges, and future directions International Journal of Infectious Diseases CCHF Eastern Mediterranean Region Ixodid ticks CCHF virus Knowledge gaps |
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Seif S. Al-Abri Idris Al Abaidani Mehdi Fazlalipour Ehsan Mostafavi Hakan Leblebicioglu Natalia Pshenichnaya Ziad A. Memish Roger Hewson Eskild Petersen Peter Mala Tran Minh Nhu Nguyen Mamunur Rahman Malik Pierre Formenty Rosanna Jeffries |
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Current status of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region: issues, challenges, and future directions |
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Current status of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region: issues, challenges, and future directions |
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Current status of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region: issues, challenges, and future directions |
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Current status of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region: issues, challenges, and future directions |
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Current status of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region: issues, challenges, and future directions |
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current status of crimean-congo haemorrhagic fever in the world health organization eastern mediterranean region: issues, challenges, and future directions |
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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1201-9712 1878-3511 |
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Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is the most widespread, tick-borne viral disease affecting humans. The disease is endemic in many regions, such as Africa, Asia, Eastern and Southern Europe, and Central Asia. Recently, the incidence of CCHF has increased rapidly in the countries of the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region (WHO EMR), with sporadic human cases and outbreaks of CCHF being reported from a number of countries in the region. Despite the rapidly growing incidence of the disease, there are currently no accurate data on the burden of the disease in the region due to the different surveillance systems used for CCHF in these countries. In an effort to increase our understanding of the epidemiology and risk factors for the transmission of the CCHF virus (CCHFV; a Nairovirus of the family Bunyaviridae) in the WHO EMR, and to identify the current knowledge gaps that are hindering effective control interventions, a sub-regional meeting was organized in Muscat, Oman, from December 7 to 9, 2015. This article summarizes the current knowledge of the disease in the region, identifies the knowledge gaps that present challenges for the prevention and control of CCHFV, and details a strategic framework for research and development activities that would be necessary to curb the ongoing and new threats posed by CCHFV. |
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CCHF Eastern Mediterranean Region Ixodid ticks CCHF virus Knowledge gaps |
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