Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Kazakhstan, 2009-2010

Barbara Knust; Zhumagul B Medetov; Kakimzhan B Kyraubayev; Yekaterina Bumburidi; Bobbie Rae Erickson; Adam MacNeil; Stuart T Nichol; Baurzhan S Bayserkin; Kenes S Ospanov

doi:10.3201/eid1804.111503

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Kazakhstan, 2009-2010

Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Apr;18(4):643-5. doi: 10.3201/eid1804.111503.

Authors

Barbara Knust¹, Zhumagul B Medetov, Kakimzhan B Kyraubayev, Yekaterina Bumburidi, Bobbie Rae Erickson, Adam MacNeil, Stuart T Nichol, Baurzhan S Bayserkin, Kenes S Ospanov

Affiliation

¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.

Abstract

We evaluated Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) surveillance data from southern Kazakhstan during 2009-2010 and found both spatial and temporal association between reported tick bites and CCHF cases. Public health measures should center on preventing tick bites, increasing awareness of CCHF signs and symptoms, and adopting hospital infection control practices.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Animals
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Vectors
Endemic Diseases*
Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / epidemiology*
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / etiology
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / transmission
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Insect Bites and Stings / complications
Insect Bites and Stings / epidemiology*
Kazakhstan / epidemiology
Middle Aged
Population Surveillance
Ticks*
Young Adult