Author/Authors :
Valipour, Ali Asghar Department of Public Health - Abadan Faculty of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran , Karimyan, Azimeh Department of Public Health - Abadan Faculty of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran , Piri, Maghsud Department of Public Health - Abadan Faculty of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran , Bahrami, Dariush Department of Public Health - Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran , Hallajian, Fatemeh Department of Public Health - Student research committee - Abadan Faculty of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran , Hezariyan, Maryam Bachelor in Laboratory Sciences - Student Research Committee - Abadan Faculty of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran , Yari, Mehran Department of Public Health - Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran , Mollaei Pardeh, Maziyar Department of Public Health - Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran , Ghassemi, Marzieh Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control - School of Public Health - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne, viral disease that may also be
transmitted through person-to-person transmission by exposure to infected body fluids. It causes a
severe disease in humans with high mortality rates. Here we present two cases of CCHF patients with
sudden onset of lethargy, fever, nausea, vomiting, headache, and hemorrhagic manifestation. With
one of the patients tick bite was confirmed, then he was treated with ribavirin in isolation and
recovered completely. The second patient was in contact with the infected blood of a sheep and,
unfortunately, despite the treatment, he passed away. Public health measures should focus on
preventing this infection by raising the awareness of CCHF symptoms and route of its transmission,
and also by adopting practices to decrease the chances of spreading infections in hospitals.
