Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Migrant Worker Returning from Oman to India, 2016

Abstract

In January 2016, a migrant worker who returned home to India after becoming ill in Oman was confirmed to have Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). Physicians should include CCHF in the differential diagnosis for patients with hemorrhagic signs and a history of recent travel to any area where CCHF is endemic or prevalent.

Keywords

• Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
• Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus
• imported case
• India
• Oman
• viruses