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Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a widespread tick-borne viral disease a zoonosis of domestic animals and wild animals that may affect humans. The pathogenic virus especially common in East and West Africa is a member of the Bunyaviridae family of RNA viruses. Clinical disease is rare in infected mammals but commonly severe in infected humans with a 30% mortality rate. Outbreaks of illness are usually attributable to handling infected animals or people.
