Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Mauritania

Boushab Mohamed Boushab (1) , Mamadou Kelly , Hasmiou Kebe , Mohamed Abdallahi Bollahi (2) , Leonardo K. Basco (3)

1 Kiffa Regional Hospital Center
2 Institut National de Recherche en Santé Publique
3 VITROME - Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes

The distribution of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a tickborne arboviral disease, is not well known in West Africa. We report 2 recent human cases of CCHF with infectious syndrome and severe bleeding in Mauritania. CCHF was diagnosed by ELISA and real time reverse transcription PCR. No secondary CCHF cases were found.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]

Boushab Mohamed Boushab, Mamadou Kelly, Hasmiou Kebe, Mohamed Abdallahi Bollahi, Leonardo K. Basco. Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Mauritania. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020, 26 (4), pp.817-818. ⟨10.3201/eid2604.191292⟩. ⟨hal-03164943⟩