Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Migrant Worker Returning from Oman to India, 2016

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 1005 - 1008
• Main Authors: Yadav, Pragya D., Thacker, Sachin, Patil, Deepak Y., Jain, Rajlaxmi, Mourya, Devendra T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.06.2017; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Adult; Animals; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Cercopithecus aethiops; Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever; Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Migrant Worker Returning from Oman to India, 2016; Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; Dispatch; Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo - classification; Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo - genetics; Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo - isolation & purification; Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean - diagnosis; Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean - virology; Hemorrhagic fevers; Humans; Immunoglobulin M - blood; imported case; India; Mice; Migrant labor; Oman; Phylogeny; Risk factors; RNA, Viral - genetics; Transients and Migrants; Travel; Vero Cells; Viral Load; viruses; Oman; India; viruses; tick-borne disease; vector-borne infections; imported case; zoonoses; Oman; Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever; Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; India
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2306.161950

In January 2016, a migrant worker who returned home to India after becoming ill in Oman was confirmed to have Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). Physicians should include CCHF in the differential diagnosis for patients with hemorrhagic signs and a history of recent travel to any area where CCHF is endemic or prevalent.