Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Mauritania

Abstract

The distribution of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a tickborne arboviral disease, is not well known in West Africa. We report 2 recent human cases of CCHF with infectious syndrome and severe bleeding in Mauritania. CCHF was diagnosed by ELISA and real time reverse transcription PCR. No secondary CCHF cases were found.

Keywords

• Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
• tickborne virus
• hemorrhagic fever
• viruses
• arboviruses
• zoonoses