Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever: Risk factors and control measures for the infection abatement
Journal: Biomedical Reports
Year: 2015

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a vector-borne viral disease, widely distributed in different regions of the world. The fever is caused by the CCHF virus (CCHFV), which belongs to the <i>Nairovirus</i> genus and <i>Bunyaviridae</i> family. The virus is clustered in seven genotypes, which are Africa-1, Africa-2, Africa-3, Europe-1, Europe-2, Asia-1 and Asia-2. The virus is highly pathogenic in nature, easily transmissible and has a high case fatality rate of 10-40%. The reservoir and ve