Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Mauritania

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Mauritania

The distribution of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a tickborne arboviral disease, is not well known in West Africa. We report 2 recent human cases of CCHF with infectious syndrome and severe bleeding in Mauritania. CCHF was diagnosed by ELISA and real time reverse transcription PCR. No seco...

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Main Authors: Boushab Mohamed Boushab, Mamadou Kelly, Hasmiou Kébé, Mohamed Abdallahi Bollahi, Leonardo K. Basco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
tickborne virus
hemorrhagic fever
viruses
arboviruses
zoonoses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/4/19-1292_article

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