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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:01 Causes of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
2:42 Symptoms of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
3:12 Diagnosis of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
3:36 Treatment of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral disease.[1] Symptoms of CCHF may include fever, muscle pains, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, and bleeding into the skin.[1] Onset of symptoms is less than two weeks following exposure.[1] Complications may include liver failure.[1] In those who survive, recovery generally occurs around two weeks after onset.[1]
The CCHF virus is typically spread by tick bites or contact with livestock carrying the disease.[1] Groups that are at high risk of infection are farmers and those who work in slaughterhouses.[1] The virus can also spread between people via body fluids.[1] Diagnosis is by detecting antibodies, the virus's RNA, or the virus itself.[1] It is a type of viral hemorrhagic fever.[1]
Prevention involves avoiding tick bites.[1] A vaccine is not commercially available.[1] Treatment is typically with supportive care.[1] The medication ribavirin may also help.[1]
It occurs in Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East, and Asia.[1] Often it occurs in outbreaks.[1] In 2013 Iran, Russia, Turkey, and Uzbekistan documented more than fifty cases.[2] The risk of death among those affected is between 10 and 40%.[1] It was first detected in the 1940s.[4]