Crimean–Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF): A Zoonoses
Journal: International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences
Year: 2020

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a serious human disease with short incubation period, is the most wide spread tick-borne viral infection of man. It is caused by a negative-sense RNA virus (Nairovirus genus) in the Nairoviridae family within the Bunyavirales order. The CCHF virus (CCHFV) is transmitted mainly by ticks of Hyalomma spp. The disease is zoonotic and was first described in humans in 1940s in former Soviet Union. The disease was reported in India in 2011 with involvement of Hy