Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Mauritania

The distribution of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a tickborne arboviral disease, is not well known in West Africa. We report 2 recent human cases of CCHF with infectious syndrome and severe bleeding in Mauritania. CCHF was diagnosed by ELISA and real time reverse transcription PCR. No seco...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2020-04, Vol.26 (4), p.817-818
Main Authors: Boushab, Boushab Mohamed, Kelly, Mamadou, Kébé, Hasmiou, Bollahi, Mohamed Abdallahi, Basco, Leonardo K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Anemia
arboviruses
Beef cattle
Bites (Injuries)
Blood transfusions
Cattle
Coma
Creatinine
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Mauritania
Disease transmission
Diseases
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Epidemics
Epistaxis
Fever
Hematoma
hemorrhagic fever
Hemorrhagic fevers
Hospitals
Hypotension
Infectious diseases
Laboratories
Life Sciences
Malaria
Patients
Polymerase chain reaction
Research Letter
Thrombocytopenia
Tick-borne diseases
tickborne virus
Time
Tropical diseases
Viruses
West Nile virus
zoonoses
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Summary:The distribution of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a tickborne arboviral disease, is not well known in West Africa. We report 2 recent human cases of CCHF with infectious syndrome and severe bleeding in Mauritania. CCHF was diagnosed by ELISA and real time reverse transcription PCR. No secondary CCHF cases were found.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2604.191292