Epidemiological Aspects of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Western Europe: What about the Future?
Journal: Microorganisms
Year: 2021

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus), mainly transmitted by ticks, belonging to the genus <i>Orthonairovirus</i> (family <i>Nairoviridae</i>, order <i>Bunyavirales</i>). CCHFV causes a potentially severe, or even fatal, human disease, and it is widely distributed in Africa, Asia, eastern Europe and, more recently, in South-western Europe. Until a few years ago, no cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) had been reported in western Europe,