Persistence of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus RNA

Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Feb;26(2):385-387. doi: 10.3201/eid2602.191460.

Abstract

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) causes severe disease with fatalities. Awareness of potential sources of infection is important to reduce risk to healthcare workers and contacts. We detected CCHFV RNA in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues from a spontaneous abortion that were submitted for histology 9 weeks after a suspected CCHFV infection in the mother.

Keywords: CCHFV; Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; RNA detection; South Africa; orthonairoviruses; viruses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Abortion, Spontaneous*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / pathogenicity*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / diagnosis*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / virology
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / diagnosis*
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology
  • Prenatal Diagnosis
  • South Africa