Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever -- Pakistan
This year's [2018] 3rd case of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Karachi was reported late on Tuesday night [5 Jun 2018] after an 18 year old patient was admitted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC). Speaking to The Express Tribune, JPMC executive director Dr Seemin Jamali confirmed that the patient tested positive for CCHF, commonly known as Congo virus. "The patient hails from Quetta [Balochistan]," she said, adding that he was bleeding when he was brought to the
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