Fatal Case of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Portugal, 2024

• Autor(es): Zé-Zé, Líbia ; Nunes, Cristina ; Sousa, Micaela ; De Sousa, Rita ; Gomes, Carla ; Santos, Ana Sofia ; Alexandre, Rui T. ; Amaro, Fátima ; Loza, Tiago ; Blanco, Miriam ; Alves, MJ
• Data: 2024
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/10345
• Origem: Repositório Científico do Instituto Nacional de Saúde
• Assunto(s): Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever; Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus; Arbovirus; Tick-borne Diseases; Vector-borne Infections; Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers; Viruses; Portugal; Infecções Sistémicas e Zoonoses
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo científico
• Idioma: Inglês
• Contribuidor(es): Repositório Científico do Instituto Nacional de Saúde; Tiago Loza, Miriam Blanco, Maria J Alves

Descrição

We report a fatal case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Portugal. An 83-year-old man, initially suspected of having Mediterranean spotted fever, was later confirmed to have Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever by the detection of viral genome in the patient's serum and the presence of specific IgM antibodies.