Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever and Travel

Reports of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) related to travel are rare. The following chronology is abstracted from Gideon www.GideonOnline.com and the Gideon e-book series. [1] 1985 – South Africa ex. Democratic Republic of Congo (fatal). 1986 – South Africa ex. Tanzania (nonfatal) 1997 – An English traveler died of probable CCHF contracted in Zimbabwe. 2001 – A German tourist acquired Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Bulgaria. 2004 – A case of imported Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (nonfatal) was reported in a traveler returning to France from Senegal. Infection in a second French national was diagnosed locally in Senegal. 2009 – An American soldier died in a hospital in Germany after contracting Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Afghanistan. 2011 – An outbreak (4 cases) in a Pakistan hospital was related to an index patient who had arrived from Afghanistan. 2012 – A patient died of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Scotland following acquisition of the disease in Afghanistan. 2013 – A woman died of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Uganda following contact with her infected husband in South Sudan. 2014 – A British traveler acquired Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Bulgaria. Reference: 1. Berger SA. Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever: Global Status, 2014. 41 pages, 21 graphs, 658 references. Gideon e-books, http://www.gideononline.com/ebooks/disease/crimean-congo-hemorrhagic-fever-global-status/
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