Media: Congo-Crimean haemorrhagic fever detected in Spain: one in four out of 10 patients dies

May 9, 2024  19:32

British travellers in Spain have been warned about a virus that kills four in ten patients. Britons in Spain have been warned of a deadly virus that kills "40 per cent" of victims as Congo-Crimean haemorrhagic fever has been reported in a European Union resort area, writes Birmingam Live.

The Ministry of Health of the Spanish province of Castile and Leon confirmed a case of infection. It is noted that the patient is in critical but stable condition. Symptoms include fever and dizziness, as well as headache, back pain, eye pain, neck pain, sensitivity to light, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, stomach pain, sore throat and mood swings.

Signs also include confusion, depression, enlarged lymph nodes and palpitations. Congo-Crimean haemorrhagic fever in humans is transmitted by bites from infected ticks (mainly of the genus Hyalomma) or by direct contact with blood or tissues from infected ticks, viremic patients or viremic livestock.

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