{"id":3933,"date":"2023-06-20T20:51:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T01:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=3933"},"modified":"2023-06-20T20:51:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T01:51:32","slug":"crimean-congo-haemorrhagic-fever-why-this-tick-borne-virus-could-become-more-common-in-richer-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2023\/06\/20\/crimean-congo-haemorrhagic-fever-why-this-tick-borne-virus-could-become-more-common-in-richer-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever \u2013 why this tick-borne virus could become more common in richer countries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Conversation<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate change is already having, and will continue to have, a significant effect on global health. This is likely to be greatest<\/a> in rural poorer populations in sub-Saharan Africa. However, richer countries<\/a>, such as the UK, will also probably be on the receiving end of emerging infectious disease threats as the country warms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Infections that are mainly found in the tropics are on the move to new locations. Dengue, a virus transmitted by mosquitoes, is becoming more widely reported<\/a> in European countries, particularly in some parts of Italy and France. The West Nile virus, which is also spread by mosquitoes, has been common<\/a> across many states in the US, with typically more than 1,000 cases reported each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another virus shifting to new locations is the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), which is transmitted by ticks. Most cases occur in Africa or Asia, but cases have been reported in several European countries<\/a>, including Spain, Turkey, Greece, Russia and Ukraine, with recent media reports<\/a> warning we might see the virus arrive in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what is CCHFV, and should we be worried? Let\u2019s take a look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are approximately 15,000 cases<\/a> of CCHFV a year, globally. CCHFV is a serious pathogen \u2013 typically between 10-40%<\/a> of people who contract the virus will die from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the name suggests, CCHFV is part of a group of diseases known as viral haemorrhagic fevers. These are\u00a0described<\/a>\u00a0as causing \u201csevere multi-system syndrome\u201d, meaning multiple organ systems in the body are affected. These infections can also be accompanied by severe bleeding. Other viruses in this\u00a0group<\/a>\u00a0include Ebola, Marburg, dengue, and Rift Valley fever virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Conversation Climate change is already having, and will continue to have, a significant effect on global health. This is likely to be greatest in rural poorer populations in sub-Saharan Africa. However, richer countries, such as the UK, will also probably be on the receiving end of emerging infectious disease threats as the country warms. Infections that are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-viral-hemorrhagic-fever"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3934,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3933\/revisions\/3934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}