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PRO/AH/EDR> Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever – Pakistan (16): (NW)

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever -- PakistanWe have a CCHF [Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever] confirmed case admitted in Isolation ward at Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar KPK, Pakistan. His condition is stable. He belongs to Dera Ismail Khan district of KPK [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] province and is a butcher by profession.Butchers are at great risk of acquiring CCHF infection in Pakistan. This is the most vulnerable population for this infection due to illiteracy and unawareness. In Abbottabad district of Read more [...]