Rare case of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever

Crimean- Congo Hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral disease that transmitted to human by the bite of mature tick vectors, contact with the infectious blood or viraemic tissues during slaughter and hospital contacts. Eighty percent of the cases are sub clinical and the rest of them are presenting with an acute febrile and occasionally hemorrhagic disease. The mortality rate of the fulminate form of this disease is equal to 20% to 50%. Case Report: It is a Case Report. The patient was an Iranian 55 years-old housekeeper woman who was resident of Qom province. The obtained epidemiologic data showed that this patient had the close contact to fresh animal corpse and their secretions within five to six days before her death. Clinical history of this patient was as follows: sudden onset of symptoms, sever fever, myalgia, diarrhea, bleeding diathesis and anal hemorrhage during hospitalization. The first serum diagnostic test by RT-PCR was positive. Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever diagnosis could be considered for the referred patients with acute symptoms suddenly such as high fever with muscle pain, diarrhea and bleeding diathesis.