Senegal is in an epidemic situation after the discovery of a case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, this virus which causes outbreaks of severe viral hemorrhagic fever. The patient died at the end of April.
Senegal in an epidemic situation, after the discovery of a human case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. The patient finally died at the beginning of the weekend at the Dalal Jamm hospital, in the suburbs of Dakar. The Ministry of Health has activated the Health Emergency Operations Center to monitor the disease.
Some 84 contact cases, mainly hospital medical staff and family members, are under surveillance, confirms Dr. Boly Diop, director of epidemiological surveillance and vaccine response at the Senegalese Ministry of Health and Social Action.
” Senegal has notified a case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever detected since April 21, 2023 and which was treated at the level of the Dalal Jamm hospital service.he underlines at the microphone of our correspondent, Birahim Toure. Unfortunately, the case died. What places Senegal in an epidemic situation is that in recent years, on a regular basis, cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever are notified at the country level, and are monitored. And it is in this context that the Health Emergency Operations Center has been activated since April 28. And right now, we’re tracking the contacts of the case. There are 84 contacts who are being followed “.
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever: the definition of the World Health Organization (WHO)
” The virus of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) causes outbreaks of severe viral hemorrhagic fever. Outbreaks of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever have a case fatality rate of up to 40%. The virus is mainly transmitted to humans from ticks and farm animals. Human-to-human transmission can occur through direct contact with blood, secretions, organs or body fluids of infected individuals. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is endemic in Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and Asia, in countries below 50 degrees north latitude. There is no vaccine, neither for humans nor for animals. »