endemic disease in middle east
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus) of the Bunyaviridae family. The CCHF virus causes severe viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaks, with a case fatality rate of 10â40%. CCHF is endemic in Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and Asian countries south of the 50th parallel north â the geographical limit of the principal tick vector.