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Published Date: 2013-05-25 12:34:08
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Russia (02): (RO)
Archive Number: 20130525.1736973

CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER - RUSSIA (02): (ROSTOV)
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Date: Mon 20 May 2013
Source: RG.ru, Rossiskaya Gazeta [in Russian, trans. Mod.NP, edited]
http://www.rg.ru/2013/05/20/reg-ufo/klesh-anons.html


According to Rospotrebnadzor [The Federal Service for Consumer Rights and Human Welfare], as of 20 May 2013, 7 laboratory confirmed cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever [CCHF] have been reported in the Rostov Region; 4 cases were recorded in the Salsk district region, 2 in the Proletarsk district, and one in the Martynovsky district.

The situation with regard to CCHF in the Rostov region is worrying. The majority of municipalities lie in territory that includes natural foci of CCHF infection. According to Rospotrebnadzor, last month [April 2013], 403 persons, including 124 children under 14 years old, sought treatment for tick bites. The largest number of such cases were registered in the Rostov-on-Don, Volgodonsk, Taganrog, Salsk, Peschanokopsk, Semikarakorsk, Tselinsky and Salsk areas.

The natural foci of [the ticks responsible for transmission of] CCHF virus infection include steppe, semi-desert, and forest-steppe landscapes of the south of Russia: including Kalmykia, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Karachaevo-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria, Krasnodar, Stavropol , Rostov, Volgograd, and Astrakhan regions.

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[The Rostov region includes natural foci of CCHF virus infection. In 2012, 41 cases of CCHF were recorded in the region, and there were 48 cases in 2011, including 8 cases belonging to a nosocomial cluster. The maximum number of cases (81 patients) was recorded in 2008. - Mod.NP]

[Rostov Oblast is a federal region of Russia, located in the Southern Federal District. Rostov Oblast has an area of 100 800 square km (38 900 square miles) and a population of 4 277 976 (2010 census), making it the 6th most populous federal subject in Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Rostov-on-Don, which also became the administrative center of the Southern Federal District in 2002. A map showing the location of Rostov Oblast can be accessed at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Russia_-_Rostov_Oblast_%282008-03%29.svg. - Mod.CP

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See Also

Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Russia: (RO, VG) 20130517.1720269
2011
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Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Russia (02): (ST) 20110805.2368
Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Russia: (RV) 20110521.1535
2010
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Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Russia: (ST) 20100519.1664
2008
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Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Russia (09): (Stavropol) 20081005.3148
Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Russia (07): (Stavropol) 20080718.2182
Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Russia (03): (Stavropol) 20080515.1630
2007
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Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Russia (Stavropol) (04) 20070621.2009
Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Russia (Stavropol) (03) 20070610.1890
2006
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Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Russia (Stavropol) 20060831.2479
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