Non-fatal case of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever imported into the United Kingdom (ex Bulgaria), June 2014

Euro Surveill. 2014 Jul 31;19(30):20864. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.30.20864.

Abstract

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) was diagnosed in a United Kingdom traveller who returned from Bulgaria in June 2014. The patient developed a moderately severe disease including fever, headaches and petechial rash. CCHF was diagnosed following identification of CCHF virus (CCHFV) RNA in a serum sample taken five days after symptom onset. Sequence analysis of the CCHFV genome showed that the virus clusters within the Europe 1 clade, which includes viruses from eastern Europe.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Bulgaria
  • DNA, Viral / analysis
  • Fever / etiology
  • Headache / etiology
  • Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / genetics
  • Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / isolation & purification*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / blood
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Travel*
  • United Kingdom

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • DNA, Viral