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  • Russia: Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever

    In YUFO MEMBER STATES

    213 cases of haemorrhagic fever

    04.12.2008

    . In the territory YUFO in 2008 recorded 213 cases of Crimean hemorrhagic fever, of whom 12 - fatal.

    In 30% of patients infected KGL linked to complain about the biting mites or crushing their hands when caring for farm animals.

    Other illnesses were engaged in agricultural work and biting mites are not mentioned that often leads to difficulties placing a preliminary diagnosis KGL, said Interfax.

    In the management of regional governance Rospotrebnadzora clarified that cases of KGL in the current year registered an 8 YUFO territories - in Rostov and Astrakhan region, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Karachay-Cherkessia, Volgograd Oblast, Stavropol region and Kalmykia.

    In the Rostov region reported 81 laboratory-confirmed case KGL for 18 territories field, including in the four areas where recent cases of infection were more than 5 years ago.

    ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
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