Ijaz Muhammad, Rahim Afaq, Ali Iftikhar
Department of Medicine & Allied, Northwest General Hospital & Research Centre, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Department of Pharmacy, University of Swabi, Anbar, Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Infect Disord Drug Targets. 2017;17(2):143-145. doi: 10.2174/1871526517666170117125733.
The Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is a zoonotic disease transmitted by ticks and is characterized by fever and bleeding. It was seen for the first time in the south of present day Ukraine and thus named, Crimean fever. 1 In 1956, the virus was isolated in a patient with similar symptoms residing in Congo, Kenya and the virus was named Congo virus. The viruses causing these two diseases were the same and hence was termed Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV). Humans are the only known host that develops disease.
克里米亚-刚果出血热是一种由蜱传播的人畜共患病,其特征为发热和出血。该病首次在当今乌克兰南部被发现,因此被命名为克里米亚热。1956年,在刚果、肯尼亚一名有类似症状的患者身上分离出了该病毒,该病毒被命名为刚果病毒。引起这两种疾病的病毒是相同的,因此被称为克里米亚-刚果出血热病毒(CCHFV)。人类是已知唯一会发病的宿主。