Publication: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Program
KU-Authors
KU Authors
Co-Authors
Advisor
Publication Date
2014
Language
English
Type
Book Chapter
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Abstract
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a fatal viral infection described in parts of Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East and causes severe diseases in humans, with the reported mortality rate of 3-30%. The disease is caused by Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus. The virus is an enveloped, segmented, negative-strand RNA virus, and a member of the Nairovirus genus of the Bunyaviridae family.
Description
Source:
Emerging Infectious Diseases: Clinical Case Studies
Publisher:
Elsevier
Keywords:
Subject
Infectious diseases