Author/Authors :
Metanat، Maliheh نويسنده , , Sharifi- mood، Batool نويسنده , , Alavi-Naini، Roya نويسنده , , Kermansaravi، Fatihe نويسنده Pregnancy Health Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran Kermansaravi, Fatihe , Hamzehnezhad، Majid نويسنده Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran Hamzehnezhad, Majid
Abstract :
Introduction: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral hemorrhagic fever caused by infection with a tick-borne virus from
the family of Bunyaviridae. This viral hemorrhagic fever is found throughout Central Asia, Southern Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Transmission to humans occurs through contact with infected animals or tick bite. The first human cases of infectious hemorrhagic fever
in Iran were reported from the western part of the country. Since June 1999, endemic areas for CCHF have substantially increased in several
provinces of Iran especially in the southeast of Iran with a high fatality rate (30%) in the initial years. Case Presentation: Hereby, we present a patient with hypertension, which to our opinion might have been secondary to CCHF virus
infection. Discussion: Our report is the first report of a very rare presentation of CCHF.
