A deadly and yet to be identified virus sweeping through a northern province of the Congo could be as a result of poisoning or bacterial meningitis, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported.

Oropouche virus is more common and dangerous than believed, especially in warm, rainy regions. Experts recommend insect ...

Balochistan has recorded its first Congo virus-related death of the year as an 18-year-old patient from Pishin succumbed to the disease, hospital sources confirmed. The young man was admitted to ...

ISLAMABAD: As Eidul Azha approaches and a heatwave impacts southern parts of the country, the National Institute of Health (NIH) has issued advisories on preventing Crimean Congo Haemorr­hagic ...

Over the last several years, we have experienced an increase of large outbreaks of Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in European countries and neighboring areas. This disease poses a great ...

Quetta has recorded its first death from Congo virus this year, as an 18-year-old patient succumbed to the disease. The young man, a resident of Pishin, passed away at Fatima Jinnah General and ...

The virus is primarily transmitted to people from ticks and livestock animals with a case fatality rate of up to 40%. There are currently no approved vaccines against the virus. Historically GP38 ...

But the U.N. health agency acknowledged Friday that only 40% to 50% of suspected infections in Congo were being tested — and that the virus is continuing to spread in some parts of the country ...

Scientists attached to the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) plan to conduct research on the Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever virus (CCHF) in Uganda.

QUETTA: Quetta has recorded its first death from Congo virus this year, as an 18-year-old patient succumbed to the disease. The young man, a resident of Pishin, passed away at Fatima Jinnah ...

[231] Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus follows an enzootic tick–vertebrate–tick cycle. Although the virus has been detected in more than 30 tick species, Hyalomma ticks are the main ...