Fatal Case of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Caused by Reassortant Virus, Spain, 2018
Anabel Negredo, Rafael Sánchez-Arroyo, Francisco Díez‐Fuertes, Fernando de Ory, Marco Antonio Budiño, Ana Vázquez, Ángeles Garcinuño, Lourdes Mateos‐Hernández, César de la Hoz González, Almudena Gutiérrez-Arroyo, C. Camarena Grande, Paz Sánchez-Seco
Abstract
In August 2018, a fatal autochthonous case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever was confirmed in western Spain. The complete sequence of the viral genome revealed circulation of a new virus because the genotype differs from that of the virus responsible for another case in 2016. Practitioners should be alert to possible new cases.
Topics & Concepts
VirologyCrimean–Congo hemorrhagic feverVirusGenotypeBiologyGeneGeneticsTickViral Infections and VectorsFire effects on ecosystemsMosquito-borne diseases and control