Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Turkey (2002&amp;ndash;2008)
Journal: NATO science for peace and security series. Sub-series E, Human and societal dynamics
Year: 2010

To develop consensus-based recommendations formeasures to be taken by medical and public health professionals if Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) viruses are used as biological weapons against a civilian population. The viruses are geographically restricted to the areas where their host species live. CCHF is a viral haemorrhagic fever of the Nairovirus genus of the family Bunyaviridae. CCHF virus is a tick-borne virus that causes a severe hemorrhagic disease in humans with a case fatality