Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Kazakhstan, 2009–2010

Abstract

We evaluated Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) surveillance data from southern Kazakhstan during 2009–2010 and found both spatial and temporal association between reported tick bites and CCHF cases. Public health measures should center on preventing tick bites, increasing awareness of CCHF signs and symptoms, and adopting hospital infection control practices.

Keywords

• Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
• tick-borne diseases
• surveillance
• Kazakhstan
• viruses
• zoonoses