Hasan BOZBEY/BURSA,(DHA)-BURSA in Doruk Yıldırım Hospital Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases specialist Dr. Meltem Öner warned about Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a viral disease that is transmitted by ticks and causes zoonotic infection. Stating that Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is one of the most common viral hemorrhagic fevers in the world, Dr. Meltem Öner, “CCHF virus is transmitted through ticks or as a result of contact with the blood and body fluids of infected humans or animals. The disease was first seen in Turkey in 2002, more than 10 thousand cases were reported between 2002 and 2016, and the mortality rate is around 5 percent. “People get CCHF virus mostly through ticks,” he said.
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