Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever — India
A fresh case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever [CCHF], commonly known as Congo fever, has been reported from AMC [Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation]-run VS Hospital. The civic body’s health department officials so far have reported 3-4 cases of the CCHF virus infection this year [2016].
A 26-year-old farmer from Dhandhuka [Ahmedabad district, state of Gujarat] was admitted to VS Hospital on [12 Mar 2016] with complaints of fever, headache and myalgia for the last one month. Later, his blood
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