Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever and Hypertention: A Case Report

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral hemorrhagic fever caused by infection with a tick-borne virus from the family of Bunyaviridae. This viral hemorrhagic fever is found throughout Central Asia, Southern Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Transmission to humans occurs through contact with infected animals or tick bite. The first human cases of infectious hemorrhagic fever in Iran were reported from the western part of the country. Since June 1999, endemic areas for CCHF have substantially increased in several provinces of Iran especially in the southeast of Iran with a high fatality rate (30%) in the initial years.. Hereby, we present a patient with hypertension, which to our opinion might have been secondary to CCHF virus infection.. Our report is the first report of a very rare presentation of CCHF..