HEART CITY (Pajhwok): More than 40 people have been tested positive for Congo fever that resulted in death of four people in western Herat province since late March, local health officials said Monday.
Forty-one Congo fever cases were recorded in Herat since March 21. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is caused by infection with a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus) in the family Bunyaviridae. The disease was first characterized in Crimea in 1944 and given the name Crimean hemorrhagic fever.
The onset of CCHF is sudden, with . . .
