NIH alerts public to threat of congo fever
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Islamabad : The rising number of Typhoid fever cases in Pakistan during monsoon, coupled with the threat of Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), has prompted the Field Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Division of the National Institute of Health (NIH) to issue advisories that seek to sensitize human and animal healthcare authorities to further strengthen and improve the level of preparedness in prevention and control of CCHF and Typhoid. CCHF is a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus) of the Bunyaviridae family with a case fatality rate of 10-40%. Ticks, especially of the Hyalommagenus, are both reservoir and vector for the CCHF virus. Numerous wild and...