Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever: Report of Three Cases from Iran
Journal Title: Journal of Infectious Diseases & Therapy - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is a viral haemorrhagic fever caused by RNA virus (Nairovirus -family: Bunyaviridae). CCHF can cause severe infection in humans with a fatality rate of up to 25%-30%. Typically sings are headache, agitation, high fever, mood instability, muscular pain, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, leukocytosis, nosebleeds and black stools with 1-7 days' incubation period. Case Presentation: This study report Three human Crimean-Congo fever cases in Behbahan city in Khuzestan province of Iran MAY 2016. Conclusions: The main reasons for the transfer of CCHF in this cases, contact with contaminated meat, non-compliance with the rules relating to the slaughter, animal slaughter outside the slaughterhouse, the lack of sufficient monitoring of herds, lack of inspection of livestock and Insufficient education and awareness of the dangers diseases are zoonotic. Public education, respect for individual health issues and prevention against vector-borne diseases, can help to eliminate diseases such as CCHF.
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Ali Jamshidi
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