Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is caused by infection with a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus) in the family Bunyaviridae. The disease ...SkipdirectlytositecontentSkipdirectlytopageoptionsSkipdirectlytoA-ZlinkSkipdirectlytoA-ZlinkSkipdirectlytoA-ZlinkCrimean-CongoHemorrhagicFever(CCHF)SectionNavigationCDCHomeFacebookTwitterLinkedInSyndicateCrimean-CongoHemorrhagicFever(CCHF)MinusRelatedPagesCrimean-Congohemorrhagicfever(CCHF)iscausedbyinfectionwithatick-bornevirus(Nairovirus)inthefamilyBunyaviridae.ThediseasewasfirstcharacterizedintheCrimeain1944andgiventhenameCrimeanhemorrhagicfever.Itwasthenlaterrecognizedin1969asthecauseofillnessintheCongo,thusresultinginthecurrentnameofthedisease.Crimean-CongohemorrhagicfeverisfoundinEasternEurope,particularlyintheformerSovietUnion,throughouttheMediterranean,innorthwesternChina,centralAsia,southernEurope,Africa,theMiddleEast,andtheIndiansubcontinent.TransmissionIxodid(hard)ticksarebothareservoirandavectorfortheCCHFvirus...SignsandSymptomsTheonsetofCCHFissudden,withinitialsignsandsymptomsincludingheadache,highfever,backpain,jointpain,stomachpain,andvomiting...RiskofExposureAnimalherders,livestockworkers,andslaughterhouseworkersinendemicareasareatriskofCCHF...DiagnosisLaboratoryteststhatareusedtodiagnoseCCHFincludeantigen-captureenzyme-linkedimmunosorbentassay(ELISA)...TreatmentTreatmentforCCHFisprimarilysupportive...PreventionAgriculturalworkersandothersworkingwithanimalsshoulduseinsectrepellentonexposedskinandclothing...OutbreakDistributionMapResourcesFactsheet:Crimean-CongoHemorrhagicFever(CCHF)Cdc-pdf[PDF–2pages]VirusEcologyViralHemorrhagicFever(VHF)InformationforSpecificGroupsReferencesMorePagelastreviewed:September5,2013Contentsource:CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention,NationalCenterforEmergingandZoonoticInfectiousDiseases(NCEZID),DivisionofHigh-ConsequencePathogensandPathology(DHCPP),ViralSpecialPathogensBranch(VSPB)homeCrimean-CongoHemorrhagicFever(CCHF)TransmissionSigns&SymptomsRiskofExposureDiagnosisTreatmentPreven