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Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne viral disease with symptoms such as high fever, muscle pain, dizziness, abnormal sensitivity to light, ...SkiptomaincontentGlobalNavigationOthersites:ECDCEuropeanAntibioticAwarenessDayESCAIDE-ScientificconferenceEurosurveillancejournalEVIP-VaccinationportalHomeAlltopics:AtoZCrimean-CongohaemorrhagicfeverFactsFactsheetFactsFactsheetInfographicsonticksInformationmaterialsFactsheetaboutCrimean-CongohaemorrhagicfeverFactsheetTwitterFacebookLinkedInMailCrimean-Congohaemorrhagicfever(CCHF)isatick-borneviraldiseasewithsymptomssuchashighfever,musclepain,dizziness,abnormalsensitivitytolight,abdominalpainandvomiting.Lateron,sharpmoodswingsmayoccur,andthepatientmaybecomeconfusedandaggressive.CCHFvirusiswidespreadandevidenceforthevirushasbeenfoundamongticksinAfrica,Asia,theMiddleEastandEasternEuropeandSouthWesternEurope.InEuropecasesofhumaninfectionshavebeenreportedfromAlbania,Armenia,Bulgaria,Kazakhstan,Kosovo,Russia,Serbia,Tajikistan,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Ukraine,andUzbekistan.InJune2008,afirstcasewasdiagnosedinGreece andSpainreportedthefirstlocallyacquiredcaseinAugust2016. 1.PathogenCrimean-Congohaemorrhagicfever(CCHF)isaviralinfectiondescribedinpartsofAfrica,Asia,south-easternEurope,andtheMiddleEast.Thecausativeagent,CCHFvirus,belongstothegenusNairovirusoftheBunyaviridaefamily.Itcausesseverediseaseinhumanswithariskofnosocomialtransmissionandahighfatalityrate.Theoccurrenceofthediseaseislinkedtothegeographicaldistributionofhardtickvectors,mostlyfromtheHyalommagenus.ThenameofthevirusislinkedtotheclinicalrecognitionofthediseasetoCrimeain1944andthefirstisolationofthevirusinCongoin1956.ThegeographicrangeofCCHFvirusisknowntobethemostextensiveofthetickbornevirusesrelevanttohumanhealth.InEurope,caseshavebeenreportedinAlbania,Bulgaria,Kosovo,TurkeyandtheformerSovietUnion.InGreece,thefirsthumancaseofCCHFinfectionwasreportedinthesummerof2008.ThefirsthumancaseofCCHFinfectionwasreportedinGreeceinJune2008.InSpainthefirsthumancaseofCCHF


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