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. 2021 Jun;27(6):1754-1756.
doi: 10.3201/eid2706.204643.

Retrospective Identification of Early Autochthonous Case of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Spain, 2013

Ana Negredo, María Sánchez-Ledesma, Francisco Llorente, Mayte Pérez-Olmeda, Moncef Belhassen-García, David González-Calle, María Paz Sánchez-Seco, Miguel Ángel Jiménez-Clavero

Retrospective Identification of Early Autochthonous Case of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Spain, 2013

Ana Negredo et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Jun.

Abstract

Before this report, 7 autochthonous human cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever had been reported in Spain, all occurring since 2016. We describe the retrospective identification of an eighth case dating back to 2013. This study highlights that the earliest cases of an emerging disease are often difficult to recognize.

Keywords: CCHF; CCHFV; Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; Spain; antibodies; emerging communicable diseases; parasites; ticks; vector-borne infections.

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Retrospectively identified early autochthonous case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in a woman in Spain, 2013. A, B) Erythema in the patient’s ankle (A) and knee (B) 3 days after a tick bite during a leisure walk. C) Necrotic lesion on patient’s back at site of tick bite.
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