Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHF) circulating in Romania.
EpiSouth Weekly Epi Bulletin – N°232
22nd August – 28th August 2012
Location: Romania
Event: CCHF
A study realised in 2008 and published in 2012 reports for the
first time the evidence for the circulation of Crimean-Congo
Haemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHF) in Romania.
This study took place in the district of Tulcea, Northern
Dobrogea and shows that 28% of sheep were IgG positive for
CCHF virus.
The reservoir and vector of this pathogen, the tick Hyalomma
marginatum, is already present in Romania.
Although in humans, infection with
Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever virus
is usually pauci-asymptomatic, it can also
lead to an haemorrhagic viral fever,
sometimes associated to secondary
transmission in clinical setting.
Infection among animals is asymptomatic.
Human cases of CCHF (seropositive cases
and clinical cases) are regularly reported in
Romania’s neighbouring countries and
almost all around the Black Sea (cf.
EpiSouth CCHF note).
Recent cases of
CCHF in Kosovo were reported in eWEB
n°230 (August 2012).
The recent discovery of a seroprevalence in
animals in Romania indicates the extension
of the circulation zone of CCHF in Europe.
EPISOUTH
EpiSouth Weekly Epi Bulletin – N°232
22nd August – 28th August 2012
Location: Romania
Event: CCHF
A study realised in 2008 and published in 2012 reports for the
first time the evidence for the circulation of Crimean-Congo
Haemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHF) in Romania.
This study took place in the district of Tulcea, Northern
Dobrogea and shows that 28% of sheep were IgG positive for
CCHF virus.
The reservoir and vector of this pathogen, the tick Hyalomma
marginatum, is already present in Romania.
Although in humans, infection with
Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever virus
is usually pauci-asymptomatic, it can also
lead to an haemorrhagic viral fever,
sometimes associated to secondary
transmission in clinical setting.
Infection among animals is asymptomatic.
Human cases of CCHF (seropositive cases
and clinical cases) are regularly reported in
Romania’s neighbouring countries and
almost all around the Black Sea (cf.
EpiSouth CCHF note).
Recent cases of
CCHF in Kosovo were reported in eWEB
n°230 (August 2012).
The recent discovery of a seroprevalence in
animals in Romania indicates the extension
of the circulation zone of CCHF in Europe.
EPISOUTH