The Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) case was confirmed in a hospital outside of Dakar, the capital of Senegal, according to a statement from the country’s health ministry.
The Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) case was confirmed in a hospital outside of Dakar, the capital of Senegal, according to a statement from the country’s health ministry.
According to a statement issued late on Saturday by the health ministry, the case was found on April 21 at the Dalal Jamm hospital in Guediawaye. A task force for health emergencies has been established to direct the response.
The World Health Organization states that the tick-borne virus that causes Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever can also be spread from person to person through close contact with blood or bodily fluids. Between 10% and 40% of people die from it.
The symptoms of Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever, which are endemic to Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East, and some Asian nations, include fever, muscle aches, dizziness, light sensitivity, vomiting, and internal bleeding. It was first discovered in 1944 in the Crimea.
The scope of recent outbreaks in Africa has been constrained. The biggest recent outbreak was discovered in Mauritania in 2003, when 35 cases and six fatalities were reported, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2011, there were 17 cases and 5 fatalities in South Africa.
The virus that causes Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). Fever, headache, muscle aches, diarrhoea, vomiting, and bleeding into the skin are some of the signs of CCHF. Less than two weeks after exposure, symptoms begin.
Among the complications is liver failure. Recovery generally happens two weeks after onset in those who survive. Tick bites or close contact with the blood, secretions, organs, or other bodily fluids of infected people or animals are the two main ways that the CCHF virus is transmitted.
Farmers and those who work in slaughterhouses are among the groups most at risk of contracting an infection. Additionally, body fluids between individuals can spread the virus. The virus’s RNA, viral proteins, or antibodies can all be used to make a diagnosis (antigens). It is a specific kind of hemorrhagic viral fever.