Crimean—Congo Haemorrhagic Fever: A Real Threat to India
Journal: IP International Journal of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Diseases
Year: 2016

Tropical diseases are diseases that are prevalent in or unique to tropical and subtropical regions. Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) of the genus Nairovirus of the family Bunyaviridae causes a zoonotic disease in many countries of Asia, Africa, the Middle East and south-eastern Europe. The disease was first described in the Crimea in 1944–45 when more than 200 cases of an acute, hemorrhagic, febrile illness occurred soldiers and given the name Crimean haemorrhagic fever. The CCHF v