Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever

                               

 

 

  

The disease was first described during 1944–1945 among Soviet troops and agricultural workers in the Crimea.  It was initially called “Crimean hemorrhagic fever”.

 

 

In 1956, a similar virus was isolated from a febrile patient in the Congo (then Belgian Congo).  This virus was called “Congo virus.”

 

  In 1969, researchers proved that the Crimean virus and the Congo virus were the same. 

The disease was officially renamed Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.

 

 

 

 From the 1970s onward, cases were reported in: Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Parts of Africa and Eastern Europe.

 

 

 

 It became recognized as one of the most important viral hemorrhagic fevers.

 

                                                   High fatality rates (10–40%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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