Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
Journal: Mediterranean Journal of Infection Microbes and Antimicrobials
Year: 2018

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne zoonotic infectious disease caused by the CCHF virus belonging to the genus Nairovirus of the Bunyaviridae family. Transmission occurs mainly as a result of Hyalomma m. marginatum (from Ixodidae family) tick bite. Nosocomial, laboratoryrelated transmission and travel-related cases have also been reported. Contact with the blood and infected products of viremic animals is another mode of transmission. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever was first