(MENAFN) The number of confirmed deaths from Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Iraq has climbed to 30, with 231 total infections reported across the country so far this year, the Iraqi ... .
Waqar Ahmed, another two CCHF suspects have been reported from the region. One suspected case of CCHF has been reported from Rawalpindi CantonmentBoard area while the other from Attock.
A 38-year old male patient who is undergoing treatment at Holy Family Hospital has been confirmed positive for Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), a deadly infection on Saturday ... symptoms of CCHF.
The ministry has also issued a warning about zoonotic diseases, particularly Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a viral infection transmitted by ticks with a high fatality rate ... ....
The Ixodid (hard) ticks, especially those of the genus Hyalomma, are both a reservoir and a vector for the CCHF virus ... Since the diagnosis of the first human cases of CCHF in 1976, sporadic cases have continued to occur across Pakistan.