Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Mauritania

Abstract

A hospital outbreak of CCHF in Mauritania alerted authorities to sporadic cases occurring in the community; in all, 38 persons were infected.

Favorable Outcomes for both Mother and Baby Are Possible in Pregnant Women with Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Disease: A Case Series and Literature Review

“…Of 24 pregnant women, 8 (33.3%) have died according to the accessed literature. The outcome of 1 pregnant woman in the study presented by Nabeth et al [11] was unexplained. It is noteworthy that while 1 of 10 pregnant women (10%) have died in Turkish CCHF cases, 7 of 14 cases (50%) reported from other countries have died.…”

“…In total, 8 published articles including case reports or case series and 1 poster presentation including 1 case could be accessed [3,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15]. …”

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ticks from Migratory Birds, Morocco1

“…This country has optimal conditions for the establishment of CCHF, including populations of H. marginatum ticks and reservoirs of the virus, such as livestock. Furthermore, autochthonous cases of the disease have been reported in neighboring Mauritania (8).…”

CCHF virus variants in Pakistan and Afghanistan: Emerging diversity and epidemiology

“…Diversity of climate, and vegetation in various regions has steered the evolution of distinct species of ticks and vertebrates, and progressive adaptation of CCHFV to these regionally exclusive hosts has led to the emergence of local virus variants [11]. Phylogenetic analysis has shown evidence of genome reassortment and recombination during co-infection of a single host, indicating the potential for emergence of novel variants in future [7,8] CCHFV circulates in an enzootic tick-vertebrate-tick cycle and humans get infected through tick bites or direct contact with CCHF patients and viremic tissues or blood [12]. Other substantial transmission risks include uncontrolled population movement, infected migratory birds and livestock trade that may facilitate the introduction of new CCHF viruses in previously unaffected regions [5,13,14].…”