Iran: 2019 Crimean Congo Fever

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Crimean-Congo fever prevalence cut to half
May 28, 2019

TEHRAN- The prevalence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in the country has reduced to half, said the Director of Communicable Diseases Department at the Ministry of Health.

According to Mohammad Mahdi Guya, since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21), 12 people have been diagnosed with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, while 25 cases were reported in the same period last year.

Two of the 12 people died and the rest were thoroughly cured, IRIB quoted Guya as saying on Sunday.

The disease was spotted in the cities of Iranshahr, Zabol, Kermanshah and Bandarabbas as well as Gilan province, Guya said.

Annually, some 100 to 150 cases of Crimean-Congo fever are reported in Iran...

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Five died of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever since March
July 9, 2019

According to Amiri, over the last year, 84 cases of the disease were detected and eight people died of it, ISNA reported on Tuesday.

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever was first spotted in Iran in [calendar] year 1387 (March 2008- March 2009); ever since, 1424 people have been diagnosed with the disease and 190 of them have died, said Amiri.

Sistan-Baluchestan, Khorasan Razavi, Kerman, Isfahan, Fars and Mazandaran are the provinces that have the highest rate of the disease, respectively, said Amiri.

Over the last 20 years, 851 cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever have been reported in Sistan-Baluchestan province alone, he added.

Amiri noted the disease incidence is especially high over warm seasons because the ticks become more active...

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Crimean?Congo Fever Outbreak under Control: Iranian Official
TEHRAN (Tasnim) ? An outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), which has killed four people in Iran so far, is now under control, the head of the Iran Veterinary Organization announced on Saturday.
July, 13, 2019 - 17:26

Summer is the most dangerous season for the outbreak of CCHF as ticks that are the cause of the illness become more active in this season, Alireza Rafieepour told Tasnim.

So far, 54 people have been infected with the disease and four people have died, two in the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan, one in the northern province of Gilan and one in the northwestern province of Ardebil, he added.

The official further said that the hot weather could have led to more cases of the disease but it is now under control following the spray of pesticides...

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Crimean-Congo fever claims 10 lives in Iran
Society
September 18, 2019

TEHRAN ? At least 10 persons have died of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in the country since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21), Mohammad-Mehdi Gooya, an official with the Ministry of Health has announced.

The highest rate of death toll was reported in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, said Gooya.

He went on to say that 106 people have been diagnosed with the disease but survived death undergoing treatment, IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
The disease also put 10 individuals to death, last year, according to Fars news agency.

Behzad Amiri, head of zoonotic diseases department at the ministry of health said in July that over the last 20 years, 851 cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever have been reported in Sistan-Baluchestan province alone.
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