Gujarat: CCHF claims 4 lives including 2 doctors, nurse

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AHMEDABAD: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has confirmed that the recent outbreak of the Congo fever was not the result of mutation of the Crimean-Congo Haemorraghic fever (CCHF) virus. The ICMR director general Dr V M Katoch in an exclusive interview to TOI said that the country's first standard operational procedure manual for CCHF is being formulated based on the Sanand outbreak incident.

"The National Institute of Virology (NIV) had compared the genetic make up of the Sanand CCHF virus with our huge DNA database of CCHF virus strains from across the globe. The virus is the same. The Sanand virus has not changed its genetic make up to affect humans at all. There have been suspected effects of this virus in Rajasthan too which have gone unreported. The virus though present in our country may not have been noticed by health practitioners for a long time. The Sanand incident is an eye-opener and the first reported case in the country," says Katoch.

Katoch added, "Generally the tick, which harbours the CCHF virus does not prefer humans as a host. We suspect that it may have been a chance tick bite that may have transferred the virus into Amina Momin, the first victim from Kolat village. The cattle blood samples that we have collected from surrounding villages showed the presence of antibodies against the virus. The district authorities in Gujarat have been instructed on the specific pesticides and their required quantity to be used in tick-reduction operations."

Apart from this, Katoch also pointed out that the ICMR along with the ministry of agriculture will collaborate for an elaborate zoonosis catalogue that would document viruses in both animals to humans. "Our dedicated teams would take random sample studies in the country to study the prevalence of the CCHF virus. Besides this a standard operational procedure guide is being formulated to curtail any such future outbreaks in the country."

Meanwhile, Food And Drug Control Administration, commissioner HG Koshia said that he has already taken stock of the only drug for CCHF, Ribavirin in the state, with six manufacturers, "The drug is mostly exported. I have learnt that nearly 10 lakh tablets are manufactured by these companies. I have instructed them that in case we require the drug, manufacturers may have to share it with us."



Read more: Sanand Congo virus not mutation of other strains - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...strains/articleshow/7363687.cms#ixzz1C5xr5E8c

 

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At least two of these cases have not been previously reported.

http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/arti...a818/Five-victims-of-CCHF-out-of-danger-.html

Five victims of CCHF out of danger
Rehman Momin, husband of Amina Momin who succumbed to the virus, and four others declared stable and released by respective hospitals



Mehul Jani

Posted On Friday, January 28, 2011 at 03:00:04 AM


Rehman Momin soon after he was released from hospital on Thursday

Five persons who had tested positive for the Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) virus were released from different hospitals in the city on Thursday after they were stated to be out of danger.

Thirty-two-year-old Rehman Momin was discharged from Sterling hospital, 10 days after he was detected with CCHF virus and kept in an isolation ward.

Amina?s brother Rasool Momin, a woman named Lima and Devasia Varghese, all with the same symptoms, were released from the Civil Hospital, while Prashant Joy who was admitted to Shalby too was released.

Rehman, a resident of Kolat village in Sanand, had lost his wife Amina to the CCHF virus recently. After Amina?s death, Rehman too had tested positive to the virus causing the disease. He was admitted to Sterling hospital on January 16.

His family members were present when a healthy-looking Rehman was released from the hospital. According to his brother Alauddin, Rehman was happy to return home, but also sad that Amina won?t be there to welcome him. His only aim now is to look after his two children, Kausar banu, 14, and Zahir Ahmed, 11, his brother said.

Alauddin told AM, ?By the time we came to terms with Amina?s death, my brother Rehman also became a victim of the same virus and was admitted to hospital. We were terrified as he was critical and the future of their children loomed before us.?

Rehman drove a cab
Alauddin said they belonged to a family of farmers, but Rehman or Amina never ventured into the fields. Rehman drove a car for his living. The Momins even sold their cattle when their brother Daudbhai went for Haj. They are happy that their brother is back to look after the children. ?Khuda ke yahan der hai andher nahi,? Alauddin said. We will never forget the support our village people extended to us during this trying period, he said.

Amina Momin, 30, was the first reported case of death in the country due to the CCHF virus. She died at Shalby hospital during treatment. After her death, nurse Asha John and a doctor Gagan Senke who were involved in Amina?s treatment too had contracted the disease and died.

Rehman was treated by Infectious disease specialist Dr Atul Patel. When Rehman was admitted he had complained of high fever with chills, body ache, headache, abdominal pain and vomitting, which was a major cause of worry for the doctors.

Rehman was initially treated with anti-viral drug (Ribavirin) and supportive treatments. All required investigations were carried out including sending his blood samples to the National Institute of Virology (NIV, Pune.

He was discharged on Thursday morning in a stable condition, as there was no relapse of the virus. Routine follow-up is also not required, as per the doctor. Dr Atul Patel said, ?There is no need to panic. CCHF is a treatable disease, provided it is suspected, diagnosed and treated early with proper antiviral therapy and supportive care. Educating staff about personal protective equipment and other infection control measures will prevent it from spreading to the community.?

 

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I believe Sterling hospital is where the nurse who was fatality #3 was treated, so this might be a third generation case. Then again, there may have been more cases than clearly reported, so the designation of cases into "generations" might not be possible.

http://news.oneindia.in/2011/01/31/interndoctor-succumbs-to-congo-fever-toll-reaches4-aid0126.html

Intern doctor succumbs to Congo fever, toll reaches 4Monday, January 31, 2011, 22:00 [IST]

Ahmedabad, Jan 31 (PTI) An intern doctor, admitted to theSterling Hospital here, today died due to the Crimean-CongoHemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), taking the toll due to the diseasein Gujarat to four.


One person has died due to the CCHF at our hospitaltoday. He was an intern doctor working at Civil hospital," DrChandramani Raval of Sterling Hospital told PTI.


The deceased Shabbir Ali Umatiya (25), hailing fromJuhapura area of the city, had been suffering from high fever,abdominal pain and vomiting when he was admitted to thehospital a couple of days ago and was being treated underisolation, he said.

"When he was admitted, we found that both his kidneyswere damaged and there was internal hemorrhage to his organs,"Dr Raval further said.

Umatiya''s blood sample was sent for testing yesterday,and its result, which came today after his death confirmedthat he had tested positive for CCHF, which is caused by atick-borne virus, he added.

Amina Momin, 30, of Kolat village in Sanand taluka nearhere, who died last month was the first victim of CCHF, whichwas also the first instance of this disease in India.

The doctor and nurse of a private hospital who treatedAmina also contracted the virus and died after a week. (More)PTI PB PD VKV

Amina''s husband had also tested positive for CCHF, but was cured after treatment and discharged last week.

Following the detection of CCHF, teams from the NationalInstitute of Virology (NIV), Pune and National Centre forDisease Control (NCDC), New Delhi had visited Kolat andcollected samples from humans and animals.

About 20 teams of doctors have already conductedsymptomatic survey in the 5 km radius of the Kolat village andchecked over 16,000 persons.

A team of entomologists, along with officials of theAnimal Husbandry department, has also conducted surveys in andaround Kolat and collected tick, which are responsible for theCCHF virus, from the body of animals and sent it to the NIVfor testing.

Though all the samples from humans tested negative forCCHF virus, about eight of the ticks were found to be carryingthe virus inside their body

 

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Congo fever kills another doctor
TNN, Feb 1, 2011, 01.54am IST

AHMEDABAD: After a brief lull, the dreaded Congo fever virus struck again, claiming the life of 25-year old doctor Shabbir Ali on Monday. His blood sample has tested strongly positive which means the viral load must have been found to be very heavy. Death of Dr Shabbir, a resident of a bungalow scheme in Sarkhej, sent the health authorities running to find the source of infection.

The country's first Congo fever death was reported from Kolat village in Sanand whose resident Amina Momin died of the viral fever on January 3. Later, Dr Gagan Sharma and nurse Asha John who had come in contact with Amina succumbed to the viral infection.

While the state health department has gone into an overdrive, killing ticks and spraying pesticides on cattle in Sanand, this death points that more exhaustive efforts are needed. This, especially, when the samples of ticks sent from Ahmedabad have tested positive for the virus. Blood samples of cattle sent have also tested positive.

Officials said that Dr Ali had completed his MBBS from Russia and was pursuing his internship at Civil Hospital. His seniors in the hospital said that he was not part of any job which exposed him to the dreaded virus.

Meanwhile, state health authorities are also examining the fact that Dr Ali had gone to Vadnagar last week. However, doubts are being raised that Dr Ali contracted the virus there as he is reported to have spent less than five hours at the place.

"It is a matter of great concern how Dr Shabbir Ali contracted the virus. This needs to be investigated, especially considering that the virus was very aggressive in Dr Ali and caused internal bleeding from third day onwards. He was suffering massive hemorrhaging before his death," said Dr Atul Patel, infectious diseases specialist from Sterling Hospital.

Dr Ali is reported to have got fever, vomiting and stomachache on January 26. He consulted a local physician but when his symptoms did not improve, he went to Shalby Hospital. Later, he was taken to Sterling Hospital.


Read more: Congo fever kills another doctor - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-doctor/articleshow/7400486.cms#ixzz1CfHlg2f6


'Some dengue cases actually Congo fever'
Paul John, TNN, Feb 1, 2011, 02.37am IST

AHMEDABAD: Preliminary observations of a string of Congo fever deaths have led the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, to suspect that the state health department may be passing off some of the CCHF cases as dengue in the past. Both these diseases show similar symptoms.

The NIV has assured the state government that it will help in giving training to health personnel and equipping them to make distinction between dengue and Congo fever. This was communicated by NIV director Dr A C Mishra to state epidemic department on Monday.

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On Dr Sabbir Ali's death, Mishra said, "Dr Ali was working as an intern at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad. One of our teams is analysing whether the victim had any contact history with the CCHF positive cases that were reported earlier this month," Mishra told TOI. Mishra reminded that health workers who are involved in the sanitation drive should be properly protected to avoid tick bites.



Read more: 'Some dengue cases actually Congo fever' - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...o-fever/articleshow/7400779.cms#ixzz1CfI2n7Xs

 

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Source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/ap-ill-equipped-tackle-cases-517

AP ill-equipped to tackle cases
February 2nd, 2011
DC Correspondent

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..However, even a fortnight after the outbreak of CCHF in Gujarat, the AP health department seems to be uninformed about any guidelines for the treatment of the disease...

...Earlier, a medical officer from the Fever Hospital, Nallakunta, had said, ?We don?t have any isolation ward to deal with CCHF. We haven?t got any guidelines from the government about the ailment. Only after we get the guidelines, can we make the provisions to deal with the disease or quarantine such patients.?

 

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...HF-case-of-Dr-Shabbir/articleshow/7407530.cms

Ahmedabad: The case of Dr Shabbir Ali , who died on Monday after having contracted Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic fever ( CCHF) has baffled health experts.


For the last two days teams from National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, Gujarat health department and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) have been tracing Ali's travel history and possible contact history with other previously infected patients.


It was Dr Ali's brief visit at Shalby hospital that has drawn the curiosity of disease experts. Health experts say that Shabbir Ali had also visited his uncle's farm in Keshimpa in Vadnagar taluka almost a fortnight ago. Blood samples and ticks from the same village had been taken for the record, according to few health sources. But his brief stay at his uncle's farm does not answer the riddle of his CCHF contact history. Samples of 27 people who had been in contact with Ali have been sent to NIV for tests.


Sources said that just a few days back Ali complained of headache and high fever. He then visited a local physician but that did not help. He then consulted Shalby hospital and got himself examined there, but did not get admitted there. Ali was advised to get admitted at Sterling hospital on Saturday evening.


Strangely Ali did not get himself examined at Civil Hospital, where he was an intern. Health authorities say that he did not work in any isolation ward at the hospital where he may have contracted the virus.


However, Sterling hospital sources say that Ali had not informed them that he was already suffering from internal bleeding. "He had vomited blood a few times before getting admitted here. Health authorities have been informed of this fact. He was in a serious condition when he was admitted here," says a Sterling hospital source.


AMC has already kept Ali's uncle in Vadnagar and three other relatives under surveillance. His residence on Sarkhej road near Zarf dairy is also being sanitized.

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...onfirmed-to-be-Dengue/articleshow/7407533.cms

AHMEDABAD: At least two more suspected cases of CCHF virus have been admitted to Apollo hospital in Ahmedabad. While one patient hails from Kalol in Gandhinagar while another patient hails from Sanand. Their blood samples have been sent for tests to the National Institute of Virology in Pune. Health officials in Gandhinagar say that this time the detailed health history of the doctors attending to the two patients has sought.

Meanwhile, a suspected case of CCHF, Salman Mohammed Salim who was admitted to civil hospital was confirmed to be dengue. Additional director health Paresh Dave told TOI, "The condition of the patient was critical and was suffering from internal bleeding. Salman died on Tuesday and was a confirmed case of dengue."

 

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Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...onfirmed-to-be-Dengue/articleshow/7407533.cms

One 'CCHF case' confirmed to be Dengue
TNN, Feb 2, 2011, 06.39am IST

AHMEDABAD: At least two more suspected cases of CCHF virus have been admitted to Apollo hospital in Ahmedabad. While one patient hails from Kalol in Gandhinagar while another patient hails from Sanand...

...Meanwhile, a suspected case of CCHF, Salman Mohammed Salim who was admitted to civil hospital was confirmed to be dengue...

 

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Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...nly-now-NIV-director-/articleshow/7413522.cms

Congo virus circulating for some time, but detected only now: NIV director
Kounteya Sinha, TNN, Feb 3, 2011, 12.13am IST

NEW DELHI: The virus causing the deadly Crimea Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in Ahmedabad has jumped from infected ticks to local cattle like sheep, goat and cows.

Cattle samples collected from six villages around ground zero -- Kolat village in Sanand whose resident Amina Momin was the first human in India to get infected with CCHF and die on January 3 -- have tested positive for high viral load.

Speaking to TOI, director of Pune's National Institute of Virology Dr A C Mishra said, "20% of the samples from six villages show positive CCHF infection. This means the virus has been circulating for some time in India and has just recently been detected..."

 

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Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ples-to-be-undertaken/articleshow/7414617.cms

Statewide collection of ticks, bovine blood samples to be undertaken
TNN, Feb 3, 2011, 04.02am IST

AHMEDABAD: To map the extent of the deadly spread of the Congo fever (CCHF ) virus across the state, the state health department will take tick samples and blood from bovine animals from different regions of the state.

The animal husbandry department will also be asked to assist in this drive. "The exercise is about taking tick or blood samples from every cattle, rodents or stray animals in the state. There will be few representative samples taken from different regions," said an official from the state health department...

 

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Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...spread-of-Congo-virus/articleshow/7414612.cms

Centre's help sought to check spread of Congo virus
TNN, Feb 3, 2011, 04.05am IST

AHMEDABAD: The state government has sought Centre's intervention to arrest the spread of Congo virus in Gujarat.

State health minister Jaynarayan Vyas has written a letter to Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad urging him to provide Ribavirin - an injection to combat the virus - and also in help in carrying out tests for the vaccine to prevent health workers from becoming victims to the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF).

The letter was sent to the Union health minister after a review meeting late on Tuesday. In the letter, Vyas said the state is facing the onslaught of CCHF for over a fortnight. Since the virus has been found for the first time in India, the state has to depend on information available hitherto as well as the experience of such outbreak elsewhere in the world.

"So far, four lives have been lost and we have three suspected cases under treatment. The silver lining is the three cases confirmed as positive have been fully cured," said Vyas in the letter...

 

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Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...irus-in-city-hospital/articleshow/7427662.cms

Dahod resident suspected of Congo virus in city hospital
TNN, Feb 4, 2011, 10.24pm IST

VADODARA: A 24-year-old person, suspected of Congo virus infection, was brought to Metro Hospital in the city on Thursday. Ashok Khalod, a resident of Dhanpur village in Dahod district, was having high fever. The hospital authorities started treating him immediately. But, they felt that the symptoms were of Congo virus...

 

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Two new suspected CCHF cases detected
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Ahmedabad: The number of suspected cases of Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) virus has gone up to four with detection of two more such cases on Thursday. At-least one of the two suspected CCHF patients is a relative of Dr Shabbir Ali, who had succumbed to the deadly virus three days ago. Test results of serum samples of all four patients are awaited.


Two more suspected cases of CCHF came to light on Thursday. They are from Keshimpa village in Vadnagar where Dr Shabbir had stayed when visiting his grandparents. It is suspected that the duo had come in contact with Dr Shabbir, and contracted the virus. Dr Paresh Dave, additional director, health department, said that the two persons were shifted to civil hospital as a precaution.

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"We have not received the test reports from NIV yet, but they are expected any time now," said Dr Praful Pawar, CEO, Apollo Hospital. Meanwhile, condition of the two patients, both of whom are males in their 30s, continues to be critical. One of them is a resident of Makhiyav village near Sanand, while the other is from Rupal village in Kalol.

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http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/GUJ-AHD-two-new-suspected-cchf-cases-detected-1817957.html

 

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IDSP report of Jan 23.

Ahmedabad
ii. Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
5 / 3* 23.12.10 17.01.11 Under surveillance
Index case from Kolat Village, Block Sanand was a female admitted at Shalby
Hospital, with history of high grade fever, vomiting, joint pain, bodyaches,
abdominal pain and lab reports suggestive of viral hemorrhagic fever included
low platelet count and deranged LFT. The 3 deaths included the index case (on 3.1.11), her treating doctor (on 13.1.11) and nurse (on 18.1.11, who tested positive for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) by RTPCR at NIV, Pune). Investigation was done by the Central team with State and District RRT.
The other lab confirmed cases who are recovering are the husband of the index case and the contact of the nurse. Cases being treated with Ribavirin. Daily fever survey carried out in and around 5 km. of the village of the index case (0.2 % fever cases detected). Blood samples of other contacts in the hospital tested by NIV, Pune found negative for CCHF. Entomological studies undertaken in villages Kolat, Shela and Telav under Block Sanand included tick collection from cattle, rodent trapping for collection of serum samples/ ticks/ other ectoparasites/ tissue smears of rodents, and Aedes mosquito surveillance. Tick vector control measures undertaken by Animal Husbandry Department of Gujarat included IRS with Deltamenthrin in cattle sheds and cattle treatment with Flumethrin and Deltamethrin. Health education given regarding causation, transmission and prevention of the disease and personnel protection measures to be adopted by health-care officials involved in surveillance. *(5 cases includes 3 deaths)

http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/3rd_wk11.pdf

 

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A bit more about the details of the first three cases...

Obviously, CCHF is not a form of "flu". There are several other errors in this article, I suspect.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Gujarat-s-killer-Flu/Article1-659065.aspx

Gujarat’s killer Flu
Mahesh Langa, Hindustan Times
February 06, 2011 Email to Author

First Published: 00:09 IST(6/2/2011)
Last Updated: 00:10 IST(6/2/2011)
When Amina Momin, 30, took to bed with a cold and fever late in December, her family dismissed it as a bout of flu. When the fever persisted and bruises started appearing on her body, her husband, cab driver Rehman Husain, rushed her to Shalby Hospital in Ahmedabad, 40 km away. Momin died three days, on January 3.

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Source: http://news.oneindia.in/2011/02/06/twomore-case-of-congo-fever-detected-ingujarat-aid0126.html

Two more case of Congo fever detected in Gujarat
Sunday, February 6, 2011, 9:31 [IST]

Ahmedabad, Feb 5 (PTI) Two relatives of an interndoctor who had died of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF)have tested positive for the tick borne virus, healthofficials said here.

"A girl and a male relative of an intern doctorShabbir Ali Umatiya (25) who had died of CCHF (congo fever) onJanuary 31 have tested positive for the tick borne virus,"Additional Director Health Paresh Dave said...

 

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Congo fever: Twelve more samples sent to Pune
TNN, Feb 7, 2011, 11.05am IST

PALANPUR: After two positive cases of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) virus were reported from Keshimpa village, the health department has sent 12 more samples of the village residents to Pune.

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Read more: Congo fever: Twelve more samples sent to Pune - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...to-Pune/articleshow/7439217.cms#ixzz1DGxyCw5n

 

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Rehman-back-in-hospital/articleshow/7439339.cms


AHMEDABAD: After being discharged on January 27, Rehman Hussain, husband of the first victim of CCHF in the country Amina Momin, is back in hospital.

Four days ago, he got admitted in Civil Hospital when health experts feared that he still had Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) viral traces.

He is among the seven people who are being kept under observation at the isolation ward of the hospital, including two close relatives of Dr Shabbir Ali who died recently.

"We suspect that there are traces of the virus in his system. His urine samples are being tested everyday for traces of CCHF. Some of Rehman's samples are also being sent to National Institute of Virology, Pune," said a health official.

Rehman was asked to get readmitted a few days after he was discharged. " NIV experts asked us to take a second look at Rehman," adds the health official. Two suspected cases from Sanand and one from Jamalpur are also under observation. These patients were admitted with symptoms of Congo fever. A nursing student has also been admitted after he came in contact with a victim of CCHF.

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AHMEDABAD: Rehman Hussain, husband of the first victim of CCHF in India Amina Momin, will have to stay at the Civil Hospital under medical surveillance till he get a nod from the National Institute of Virology, Pune.

Rehman was discharged from Sterling Hospital on January 27 after he recovered from the Congo fever. He had shown symptoms like high fever, severe abdominal pain and vomiting and tested positive for Congo fever in subsequent examination.

Last week, he was brought to Civil Hospital when health experts feared he might still have Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) viral traces. Infectious diseases specialist at the hospital Dr Kamlesh Upadhyaya said he is under medical surveillance to be sure that he is free of the virus.


Read more: Rehman under observation, to wait for NIV nod - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...NIV-nod/articleshow/7455811.cms#ixzz1DQ6vdfPG

 

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NIV working on CCHF vaccine
Umesh Isalkar, TNN, Feb 12, 2011, 03.40am IST

PUNE: India may soon have its own vaccine against the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), which has claimed four lives in Gujarat since January 3. Unlike the influenza vaccine, which changes every season, the shelf life of CCHF vaccine can go up to 10 to 15 years. The city-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) has embarked upon the work of developing the candidate CCHF vaccine.

"The NIV has started work on developing the candidate vaccine against CCHF. Once ready, the vaccine can be given to any pharmaceutical company for large-scale production. Discussions are on with Zydus Cadilla," A C Mishra, director, NIV, told TOI on Friday.


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Read more: NIV working on CCHF vaccine - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...vaccine/articleshow/7478812.cms#ixzz1DhOkhvAP

 

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Congo fever victim discharged from hospital
TNN, Feb 14, 2011, 06.04am IST
AHMEDABAD: Rehman Hussain Momin, the first documented survivor of Congo fever ? whose wife Amina Momin was the first victim of the dreaded virus in the country ? was discharged from Civil Hospital on Thursday late evening.

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Meanwhile, cousins of Dr Shabbir Ali, 25, who died of the fever on January 31, are under medical observation and being administered the 10-day dose of Ribavirin. Doctors at Civil Hospital said condition of his cousins was fine and that they were under medical observation only because they had tested positive for the virus.

Meanwhile, blood samples of 200 doctors who have been involved in the treatment of Congo fever victims or have a possibility of being exposed to the virus have been sent to the NIV.


Read more: Congo fever victim discharged from hospital - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ospital/articleshow/7491528.cms#ixzz1DvrUdD8j