title: Non-fatal case of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever imported into the United Kingdom (ex Bulgaria), June 2014.
abstract: Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) was diagnosed in a United Kingdom traveller who returned from Bulgaria in June 2014. The patient developed a moderately severe disease including fever, headaches and petechial rash. CCHF was diagnosed following identification of CCHF virus (CCHFV) RNA in a serum sample taken five days after symptom onset. Sequence analysis of the CCHFV genome showed that the virus clusters within the Europe 1 clade, which includes viruses from eastern Europe.
authors.affiliation: Research Department, Microbiology Services Division, Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lumley
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Atkinson
authors.forename: Sd
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dowall
authors.forename: Jk
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pitman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Staplehurst
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Busuttil
authors.forename: Aj
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: Ej
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aarons
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Petridou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nijjar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Glover
authors.forename: Tj
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hewson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002031:Bulgaria; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D003225:Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006479:Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014195:Travel; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D004279:DNA, Viral