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Spain to contain rare fever outbreak
Spain moves to contain rare outbreak of fatal tick-borne fever
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Health authorities in Madrid are taking steps to contain an outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) that has killed one man and infected a nurse who treated him.
Nearly 200 people believed to have come into contact with the two victims are now being monitored, the regional health authority said on Thursday.
CCHF, a disease endemic in Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and some parts of Asia, is caused by a tick-borne virus and has a fatality rate of 10%-40%, according to the World Health Organisation.
The 62-year-old man, who died on 25 August in Madrid’s Gregorio Marañón hospital, is thought to have contracted the fever after being bitten by a tick while walking in the countryside in the Castilla-Léon region of Spain.
The nurse, who treated him in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a different Madrid hospital, the Infanta Leonor, has been isolated and is said to be in a stable condition.
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Although the fever is endemic to eastern Europe, it is sometimes imported by people who have picked it up while travelling in affected areas. According to the Spanish authorities, this is thought to be the first case to be contracted domestically in western Europe.
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yikes stay safe spanish ATRLers. R.I.P. to the poor old man
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