title: Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Pakistan.
abstract: The Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is a zoonotic disease transmitted by ticks and is characterized by fever and bleeding. It was seen for the first time in the south of present day Ukraine and thus named, Crimean fever. 1 In 1956, the virus was isolated in a patient with similar symptoms residing in Congo, Kenya and the virus was named Congo virus. The viruses causing these two diseases were the same and hence was termed Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV). Humans are the only known host that develops disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine & Allied, Northwest General Hospital & Research Centre, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ijaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine & Allied, Northwest General Hospital & Research Centre, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Afaq
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahim
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, University of Swabi, Anbar, Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Iftikhar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ali
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003225:Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006479:Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D013987:Ticks / Q000821:virology*
keywords: Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever; Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever virus; Pakistan