An Overview of the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in Iraq
Journal: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Year: 2025

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is currently implicated as a public health threat in Iraq. This perspective study explored the increasing rate of CCHF cases during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as climate change and human-animal conflict during festivities. CCHF mainly spreads through contact with infected humans/animals and by <i>Hyalomma</i> ticks. One health approach takes into account humans and animals as well as environmental science and economics should be established. Rural healt