Cases of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in North Macedonia, July to August 2023.

Autor: Jakimovski D; Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia.; University Clinic for Infectious Diseases and Febrile Conditions, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia.; These authors contributed equally to the work and share first authorship., Grozdanovski K; Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia.; University Clinic for Infectious Diseases and Febrile Conditions, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia., Rangelov G; University Clinic for Infectious Diseases and Febrile Conditions, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia., Pavleva V; Infectious Disease Department, Clinical Hospital Shtip, Shtip, Republic of North Macedonia., Banović P; Clinic for Lyme Borreliosis and Other Tick-Borne Diseases, Pasteur Institute Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.; Department of Microbiology with Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine in Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.; These authors contributed equally to the work and share first authorship., Cabezas-Cruz A; Anses, INRAE, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, UMR BIPAR, Laboratoire de Santé Animale, Maisons-Alfort, France., Spasovska K; Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia.; University Clinic for Infectious Diseases and Febrile Conditions, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2023 Aug; Vol. 28 (34).
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.34.2300409
Abstrakt: The last report of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in North Macedonia was more than 50 years ago in the northwest. We report on a fatal CCHF case following a Hyalomma tick bite in the east of the country in July 2023. Tracing of 67 contacts identified CCHF in one healthcare worker (HCW) providing care for the patient. Monitoring of contacts is concluded (including further 11 HCW contacts), thus far 28 days after the death of the case no additional cases were identified.
Databáze: MEDLINE