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PRO/AH/EDR> Crimean-Congo hem. fever – Pakistan (09): new case, veterinary measures

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever -- PakistanA total of 20 people died because of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in the country this year [2016] including 12 patients from Balochistan, 5 from Karachi while 5 suspected patients were registered in Hayatabad Medical Complex in Peshawar. The latest victim, a woman, who was brought from Afghanistan for medical treatment, died of the virus at Fatima Jinnah TB Sanatorium Hospital in Quetta.As people have started visiting cattle markets ahead of Eidul Read more [...]