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Volume 30, Number 4—April 2024
Research

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Diversity and Reassortment, Pakistan, 2017–2020

Massab Umair1Comments to Author , Zaira Rehman1, Shannon Whitmer, Melissa Mobley, Ammad Fahim, Aamer Ikram, Muhammad Salman, Joel M. Montgomery, and John D. Klena
Author affiliations: National Institutes of Health Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan (M. Umair, Z. Rehman, A. Ikram, M. Salman); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (S. Whitmer, M. Mobley, J.M. Montgomery, J.D. Klena); The Indus Hospital and Health Networks, Karachi, Pakistan (A. Fahim)

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Table 1

Characteristics of confirmed cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Pakistan, 2017–2020

Characteristics No. (%) cases
2017, n = 5 2018, n = 10 2019, n = 17 2020, n = 2
Clinical signs
Fever 5 (100) 10 (100) 17 (100) 2 (100)
Hemorrhage 4 (80) 6 (60) 11 (65) 1 (50)
Myalgia 3 (60) 4 (40) 7 (41) 0
Nausea 0 2 (20) 3 (18) 0
Vomiting 0 2 (20) 3 (18) 1 (50)
Headache
 0
 2 (20)
 2 (12)
 0
Hemorrhage types
Melena 1 (20) 1 (10) 1 (6) 1 (50)
Gum bleeding 1 (20) 1 (10) 4 (24) 0
Hematemesis 2 (40) 2 (20) 5 (29) 0
Hematuria 0 1 (10) 1 (6) 0
Vaginal bleeding
 0
 1 (10)
 0
 0
Patient outcome
Survived 4 (80) 8 (80) 9 (53) 1 (50)
Died 1 (20) 2 (20) 8 (47) 1 (50)

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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