Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever — India
Gujarat reported 4 cases of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) this year [2020]. Of them, 3 cases have been reported to the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) as part of the “weekly outbreak” reports; however, the state health department claimed there had been “no outbreak of CCHF this year [2020]”.
The 1st case was reported on 4 Mar 2020: a 70-year-old patient from the Paliyad village in Bota. The patient’s sample was sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune
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