{"id":13210,"date":"2023-07-18T10:37:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T05:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13210"},"modified":"2025-04-02T02:32:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T21:02:28","slug":"crimean-congo-haemorrhagic-fever-cchf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/crimean-congo-haemorrhagic-fever-cchf\/","title":{"rendered":"Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a viral haemorrhagic fever <strong>usually transmitted by ticks.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It can also be contracted through contact <strong>with viraemic animal tissues<\/strong> (animal tissue where the virus has entered the bloodstream) during and immediately post-slaughter of animals.<\/li>\n<li>The disease was first detected among soldiers<strong> in the Crimean Peninsula (<\/strong>near the Black Sea) in 1944.<\/li>\n<li>In 1969, it was found that an ailment identified in the Congo Basin was caused by the same pathogen. Thus, the disease was named the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever.<\/li>\n<li>Its outbreak constitute a threat to public health services as the virus can lead to epidemics, has a high case <strong>fatality ratio (10\u201340%).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Transmission:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Animals such as cattle, goats, sheep and hares serve as amplifying hosts for the virus.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transmission to humans occurs<\/strong> through contact with infected ticks or animal blood.<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>can be transmitted from one infected human to another<\/strong> by contact with infectious blood or body fluids\u201d, such as sweat and saliva.<\/li>\n<li>The ticks can also be <strong>hosted by migratory birds.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Symptoms of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Include fever, muscle ache, dizziness, neck pain, backache, headache, sore eyes and sensitivity to light.<\/li>\n<li>After 2\u20134 days the agitation may be replaced by sleepiness, depression and lassitude<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Treatment of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>There is <strong>no vaccine for the virus<\/strong> in either humans or animals, and treatment generally consists of managing symptoms.<\/li>\n<li>According to the WHO, \u201cthe antiviral drug ribavirin has been used to treat CCHF infection with apparent benefit.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is the significance of the Crimean Peninsula?<\/h3>\n<p>The Crimean Peninsula is a landmass located on the northern coast of the Black Sea. It is connected to mainland Ukraine by the narrow Isthmus of Perekop. Historically, the Crimean Peninsula has been a region of strategic importance due to its geographical location and natural resources<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-health\/climate-change-aiding-spread-of-deadly-virus-in-europe-what-is-cchf-8844383\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Climate change aiding spread of deadly virus in Europe: What is CCHF<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}