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Published Date: 2019-08-29 12:01:46
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Asia (17): United Arab Emirates (SH)
Archive Number: 20190829.6641849
CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER-ASIA (17): UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (SHARJAH)
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Date: Sat 24 Aug 2019 3:39:38 PM PKT
Source: Mena FN[edited]
https://menafn.com/1098921146/Pakistan-Swabi-resident-dies-after-contracting-Congo-virus-in-Sharjah


A resident of Swabi district has succumbed to Congo fever in Sharjah hospital and was laid to rest there on [Sat 24 Aug 2019].

According to details, the man was cutting meat on Eid day, when he accidentally cut one of his fingers. He didn't take it seriously, but after few days, he felt unwell and was taken to the hospital in Sharjah where he was told that he is suffering from a lethal infection known as Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever.

Doctors have told him that while he was cutting meat, the deadly Congo virus entered into his body. He was unaware of it while the virus was gradually spreading in his veins, killing him a slow death.

And finally, the virus shattered his body to an extent that he was unable to recover. He was admitted to a hospital in Sharjah in an isolated ward and was kept away from his relatives so that they may not contract the virus. His dead body was laid to rest in Sharjah and was not allowed to be taken to his home town in Swabi due to the fear of virus spread. The man was a resident of Cham village in Daghai, in District Swabi and was living with his family in Sharjah.

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[The report above does not signify how the case was confirmed, and whether any contact follow up was done post confirmation, since there is an incubation period between possible exposure and appearance of symptoms.

CCHF virus has the greatest geographic range of any tick-borne virus and there are reports of viral isolation and/or disease from more than 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Eastern and Southern Europe, and the Middle East. Numerous domestic and wild animals, such as cattle, goats, and sheep, and small mammals, such as hares and rodents, serve as asymptomatic hosts for amplification of the virus, which is transmitted through _Ixodid_ ticks, especially _Hyalomma_ spp that act as both reservoirs and vectors (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2018/12/20/502641.full.pdf).

CCHF was first reported in the United Arab Emirates (UAE; Sharjah is one Emirate) in 1979, when 6 cases were reported among the staff of a hospital in Dubai. An outbreak of CCHF occurred during 1994-1995 with 35 human infections. In 1994, 35 clinical CCHF cases were reported in 1994,and between January 1998 and October 2013, 5 more cases and 2 deaths were reported from the UAE (Ince Y, Yasa C, Metin M, et al. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever infections reported by ProMED. Int J Infect Dis 2014; 26: 44-6; https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(14)01499-4/fulltext).

As the vector is widely distributed and impending climatic changes are likely to widen this spectrum, there is need for the development and implementation of a strategic framework for the prevention and control of CCHF through a coordinated 'One Health' approach. - Mod.UBA

Maps of United Arab Emirates: https://themena.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/united-arab-emirates-map.jpg and http://healthmap.org/promed/p/7326]

See Also

Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Asia (16): Pakistan (SD, PB) 20190826.6640846
Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Asia (02): Oman (BN) 20190218.6320866
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