Re-Emergence of Congo Virus in Pakistan: Call for Preparedness

Authors

  • Tauseef Ahmad Department of Microbiology, Hazara University Mansehra 21300, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  • Muhmmad Khan Centre for Human Genetics, Hazara University Mansehra 21300, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  • Saqib Malik Department of Medicine, Unit-A, Ayub Medical College, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Keywords:

Crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever, Pakistan, Balochistan

Abstract

Crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) once again re-emerged in Pakistan. In July 2016, 2 CCHF cases were reported from Lodhran and Bahawalpur districts of Pakistan. Later on the CCHF virus was also reported from other region of the country including Balochistan, Karachi and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Up to 22 August 2016, a total of 20 deaths were reported of which 12 from Balochistan, 5 from Karachi, 2 from Bahawalpur and 1 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Precautions measurements and awareness is necessary to protect the normal individuals away from this fatal disease. The media, health department and government need to play their active role to stop the spread of CCHF in the country.

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Published

2016-08-30

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 08 (2016)

Section

Commentary

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Copyright The Author(s) 2017. This article is published with open access by BioMedPress. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0) which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. 

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Re-Emergence of Congo Virus in Pakistan: Call for Preparedness. (2016). Biomedical Research and Therapy, 3(08), 742-744. https://preservation.bmrat.org/index.php/BMRAT/article/view/9

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