Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Spain, 2013–2021
| Title: | Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Spain, 2013–2021 |
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| Authors: | Helena Miriam Lorenzo Juanes, Cristina Carbonell, Begoña Febrer Sendra, Amparo López-Bernus, Alberto Bahamonde, Alberto Orfao, Carmen Vieira Lista, María Sánchez Ledesma, Ana Isabel Negredo, Beatriz Rodríguez-Alonso, Beatriz Rey Bua, María Paz Sánchez-Seco, Juan Luis Muñoz Bellido, Antonio Muro, Moncef Belhassen-García |
| Source: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 29, Iss 2, Pp 252-259 (2023) |
| Publisher Information: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2023. |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Subject Terms: | Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, hemorrhagic fever, viruses, tick-borne infections, zoonoses, Spain, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| More Details: | Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral infectious disease for which distribution of the main vector, Hyalomma spp. ticks, is expanding. We analyzed all 10 cases of CCHF diagnosed in Spain during 2013–2021; case-patient median age was 56.5 years, and 7 were men. We identified CCHF virus genotypes III and V. Six case-patients acquired the infection in urban areas. Sixty percent of patients were infected in summer and 40% in spring. Two patients met criteria for hemophagocytic syndrome. Seven patients survived. The epidemiologic pattern of CCHF in Spain is based on occasional cases with an elevated mortality rate. Genotype III and, to a less extent also genotype V, CCHF circulates in humans in a common geographic area in Spain. Those data suggest that the expansion pathways are complex and may change over time. Physicians should remain alert to the possibility of new CCHF cases. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1080-6040 1080-6059 |
| Relation: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/2/22-0677_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059 |
| DOI: | 10.3201/eid2902.220677 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/bbb573f9188f484c958b447a43fe3bfe |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.bbb573f9188f484c958b447a43fe3bfe |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 10806040 10806059 |
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| DOI: | 10.3201/eid2902.220677 |
| Published in: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| Language: | English |