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Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever

Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral disease. Symptoms of CCHF may include fever, muscle pains, headache, vomiting, , and bleeding into the skin. Onset of symptoms is less than two weeks following exposure. may include liver failure. Survivors generally recover around two weeks after onset. CCHF is a tick-borne disease.

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Symptoms — what it feels like

·Fever, muscle pains, headache, vomiting, , bleeding into the skin

How it's found

·Detecting , the virus's RNA, or viral proteins (antigens).

Treatment

·Supportive care, ribavirin (off-label)

Complications

·Liver failure

Outlook

·Risk of death ~25%

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