Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in Refugee Settlement during COVID-19 Pandemic, Uganda, April 2021

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in Refugee Settlement during COVID-19 Pandemic, Uganda, April 2021

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) was detected in 2 refugees living in a refugee settlement in Kikuube district, Uganda. Investigations revealed a CCHF IgG seroprevalence of 71.3% (37/52) in goats within the refugee settlement. This finding highlights the need for a multisectoral approach to co...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2022-11, Vol.28 (11), p.2326-2329
Hauptverfasser: Nyakarahuka, Luke, Whitmer, Shannon, Kyondo, Jackson, Mulei, Sophia, Cossaboom, Caitlin M, Telford, Carson T, Tumusiime, Alex, Akurut, Gloria Grace, Namanya, Dianah, Kamugisha, Kilama, Baluku, Jimmy, Lutwama, Julius, Balinandi, Stephen, Shoemaker, Trevor, Klena, John D
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Sprache:eng
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Animals
Antibodies, Viral
Bunyavirales
Control
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Crimean hemorrhagic fever
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Diagnosis
Disease control
Disease Outbreaks
Disease prevention
Disease transmission
Dispatch
Epidemics
Epistaxis
Fever
Goats
Health aspects
Health facilities
Hematemesis
Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean - epidemiology
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean - veterinary
Human settlements
Humans
Immunoglobulin G
Infection control
Infections
Infectious diseases
Livestock
Malaria
Medical personnel
Methods
outbreak investigation
Palliative care
Pandemics
Pathogens
Patients
Pediatric research
Prevention
Prime ministers
Refugee camps
Refugees
Research centers
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Statistics
Teams
Uganda
Uganda - epidemiology
viral hemorrhagic fever
Viral infections
viruses
Zoonoses
zoonotic
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Zusammenfassung:Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) was detected in 2 refugees living in a refugee settlement in Kikuube district, Uganda. Investigations revealed a CCHF IgG seroprevalence of 71.3% (37/52) in goats within the refugee settlement. This finding highlights the need for a multisectoral approach to controlling CCHF in humans and animals in Uganda.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2811.220365