Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever -- Afghanistan
- CCHF virus causes severe viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks.
- CCHF outbreaks have a case fatality rate of up to 40 percent.
- The virus is primarily transmitted to people from ticks and livestock animals. Human-to-human transmission can occur resulting from close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected persons.
- CCHF is endemic in Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and Asia.
- There is no vaccine available for either people or
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6007145&promed&0
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