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Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Southwestern Bulgaria

2009; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Volume: 15; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3201/eid1506.081567

ISSN

1080-6059

Autores

Iva Christova, Antonino Di, Anna Papa, Concetta Castilletti, L. Andonova, Nikolay Kalvatchev, Εvangelia Papadimitriou, Fabrizio Carletti, Emad Mohareb, Maria Rosaria Capobianchi, Giuseppe Ippolito, Giovanni Rezza,

Tópico(s)

Vector-Borne Animal Diseases

Resumo

To the Editor: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) causes a severe multisystem disease characterized by profuse bleeding with a case-fatality rate as high as 30%. The infection is endemic to the Balkans (1,2). In Bulgaria, most cases are reported from the central and eastern parts of the country (3,4). We report a cluster of cases observed in early spring 2008 in southwestern Bulgaria, an area considered at low risk for CCHF outbreaks.

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