WorldAfricaMauritania: Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) case

Mauritania: Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) case

Type of event:
Disease/Outbreak
Threat LensBiologicalWorldAfrica
By Arianna Sottile

Victims

1

Wounded

1

Date

August 27, 2023

What happened

According to the WHO Weekly Bulletin on Outbreaks and other Emergencies (Week 34: 21 – 27 August 2023), Health Authorities of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania were informed about the confirmation and death of a case of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in Senegal with a travel history to Mauritania. Laboratory analyses at the Pasteur Institute in Dakar confirmed a recent infection with the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus.

Where it happened

Main sources

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/372811/OEW34-2127082023.pdf

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