Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever — Afghanistan
– CCHF virus causes severe viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks.
– CCHF outbreaks have a case fatality rate of up to 40 percent.
– The virus is primarily transmitted to people from ticks and livestock animals. Human-to-human transmission can occur resulting from close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected persons.
– CCHF is endemic in Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and Asia.
– There is no vaccine available for either people or
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