CONGO-CRIMEAN HEMORRHAGIC-FEVER IN IRAQ

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  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 59  (1) , 85-+
Abstract
Congo/Crimean hemorrhagic fever was recognized for the 1st time in Iraq in 1979. The 1st case was reported on Sept. 3, 1979; since then 9 other cases were seen. Eight patients gave a history of previous contact with sheep or cattle; 2 patients, a resident doctor and an auxiliary nurse, acquired their infections in hospital by direct contact with patients. The causal virus was isolated from patients'' blood and postmortem liver specimens. The virus isolates were found to be closely related if not identical serologically to members of the Congo/Crimean hemorrhagic fever virus group. Eight of the patients had no epidemiological relationship to one another and lived in widely separated areas around Baghdad and Ramadi (110 km west of Baghdad).

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