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Asian Ebola Virus Hits Pakistan
Global Village Space |
Asad Mustafa Karim and Prof. Dr. Sang Hee Lee |
Human beings have been combating viruses since long, even before our species had even evolved into its modern form. Pakistan, lying in Asia, is faced with a quadruple burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases. There are many health-related issues in Pakistan like infectious diseases; high maternal, neonatal, and child mortality and morbidity; the high magnitude of death, disease, and disability posed by non-communicable diseases; and injuries and violence.
The CCHF virus, a zoonotic agent, causes fatal infection in humans with a mortality rate up to 50%.
Within this context, Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is one of the diseases that need utmost attention. Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV) is one of the most widespread, deadly vector-borne arboviruses described in Asia, Africa, southeastern Europe, and the Middle East.
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What is CCHFV?
CCHF was first diagnosed during World War II, in the Crimean region of Russia, and the virus was first isolated from the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1969. CCHFV is a highly virulent pathogen that has caused 10,000 human infections globally. The CCHF virus, a zoonotic agent, belongs to the family Bunyaviridae and causes fatal infection in humans with a mortality rate up to 50%. Individuals can be infected by CCHF virus through the bites of Hyalomma ticks found on hairy animals, handling potentially infectious body fluids of the infected patients, or contacting the tissues and blood from viremic livestock.
According to a research carried out in 2016, 86 of the 483 suspected cases positive for CCHFV and 35 (41%) patients died. Baluchistan had the highest number of positive cases (44%) as compared to other provinces.
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Asian Ebola Virus Hits Pakistan
Global Village Space |
Asad Mustafa Karim and Prof. Dr. Sang Hee Lee |
Human beings have been combating viruses since long, even before our species had even evolved into its modern form. Pakistan, lying in Asia, is faced with a quadruple burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases. There are many health-related issues in Pakistan like infectious diseases; high maternal, neonatal, and child mortality and morbidity; the high magnitude of death, disease, and disability posed by non-communicable diseases; and injuries and violence.
The CCHF virus, a zoonotic agent, causes fatal infection in humans with a mortality rate up to 50%.
Within this context, Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is one of the diseases that need utmost attention. Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV) is one of the most widespread, deadly vector-borne arboviruses described in Asia, Africa, southeastern Europe, and the Middle East.
Read more: Tiny Monsters have landed in Pakistan’s beautiful Capital
What is CCHFV?
CCHF was first diagnosed during World War II, in the Crimean region of Russia, and the virus was first isolated from the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1969. CCHFV is a highly virulent pathogen that has caused 10,000 human infections globally. The CCHF virus, a zoonotic agent, belongs to the family Bunyaviridae and causes fatal infection in humans with a mortality rate up to 50%. Individuals can be infected by CCHF virus through the bites of Hyalomma ticks found on hairy animals, handling potentially infectious body fluids of the infected patients, or contacting the tissues and blood from viremic livestock.
According to a research carried out in 2016, 86 of the 483 suspected cases positive for CCHFV and 35 (41%) patients died. Baluchistan had the highest number of positive cases (44%) as compared to other provinces.
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Asian Ebola Virus Hits Pakistan
