Location in the Saint-Louis Region
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podor_Department
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Crimean-Congo hemorrhage fever: 4 cases reported in Senegal including 1 death reported in Podor
By Fana Cisse-August 22, 202204
Since the beginning of the rainy season, Senegal has been facing Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. The news was given by the World Health Organization. Who, specifies that the epidemic is raging in the strict of Podor, a municipality located in the north of the country. Moreover, a woman, originally from Podor in the region of Saint-Louis, would be the index case.
The daily L'Observateur reports that the victim began to complain of headaches, fatigue and bleeding symptoms as early as July 20, but did not consult until a fortnight later, on August 5. Samples taken the next day confirmed the presence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus. The rapid response did not save her.
“She died on August 7,” says the WHO note confirmed by the Ministry of Health which, moreover, speaks of a trip of the deceased to Mauritania at the beginning of July. Without making the direct link. This country is exposed to many epidemics such as measles, poliomyelitis and hemorrhagic fever. The Mauritanian Ministry of Health recorded as early as February 2022, the presence of two cases of the disease and the last follow-up case reported a total of 6 people infected, including two deaths.
In addition to the deceased Podoroise, Senegal has detected three other cases of haemorrhagic fever thanks to sentinel surveillance which, throughout the year, collects cases that present the signs associated with fever, headache or myalgia. “These are generic signs that may look like malaria or the flu,” says Dr. Boly Diop, Head of the Epidemiological Surveillance and Vaccine Response Division.
The first and second cases, two women, were notified respectively in February in the Koumpentoum district in the Tambacounda region and in May in the Matam health district. Two isolated cases for which the ministry does not use the term epidemic. Quite the opposite of what is happening in the district of Podor where the index case led to a contact whose laboratory samples turned out to be positive. This last patient is the only man among the other infected. Not that fever affects women more than men, but because, according to Doctor Diop's explanations, they are more in contact with livestock.
https://www.pressafriktv.com/2022/08...gnale-a-podor/
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Senegal: Crimean-Congo fever claims first victim
MOUHAMADOU BA
Aug 22, 2022 9:58 a.m.
After the deadly Ebola virus disease, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is reappearing in Senegal. Four cases have been reported, including a deceased woman.
Considered one of the most dangerous in the world, the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus has entered Senegal. The announcement is made by the Ministry of Health. The disease was detected at the beginning of August 2022 in a 43-year-old patient.
The woman, originally from Podor in the Saint-Louis region, would be the index case. She began to complain of headaches, fatigue and bleeding symptoms on July 20, but she did not consult until a fortnight later, on August 5.
Samples taken the next day confirmed the presence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus. The rapid response did not save her.
"She died on August 7", informs the WHO note confirmed by the Senegalese Ministry of Health. The deceased had moved to Mauritania at the beginning of last July, a country exposed to numerous epidemics such as measles, polio and hemorrhagic fever.
Mauritania recorded two cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever as early as February 2022 and the last follow-up case reported a total of 6 infected people including two deaths.
In addition to the deceased Podoroise, Senegal has detected three other cases of the disease. The first and second cases, two women, were reported respectively last February in the Koumpentoum district (Tambacounda region) and last May in the Matam health district. A man was affected by the disease in Podor. This is a contact case of the deceased Podoroise.
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a common disease caused by a virus (Nairovirus) of the Bunyaviridae family, transmitted by ticks. It causes outbreaks of severe viral haemorrhagic fever, with a case fatality rate of 10 to 40%.
The disease can also be transmitted from person to person, when inhaling infected droplets (cough, sneeze) or by direct contact with blood or feces/secretions of infected people (stools, urine, vomit, sweat, semen ).
If the signs of the disease are numerous (fever, muscle aches, headaches, dizziness, sensitivity of the eyes to light, mood swings, diarrhea and drowsiness), no vaccine to date can treat it, in humans or animals. Something to worry the Senegalese about a possible spread of this disease.
https://www.pulse.sn/news/societe/se...ictime/y8cecfp
