Outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever with atypical clinical presentation in the Karak District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever with atypical clinical presentation in the Karak District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Abstract Background Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a potentially fatal disease endemic in Pakistan. The causative virus is transmitted by the bite of Hyalomma ticks or by contact with infected blood or tissue. First cases of the disease were reported in Pakistan in 1976 but regular outbr...

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Main Authors: Khalid Rehman, Muhammad Asif Khan Bettani, Luzia Veletzky, Shaheen Afridi, Michael Ramharter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever
GI symptoms
Outbreak
Contact tracing
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-018-0499-z

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