Mohammadreza Shirzadi, an employee of the Iranian Ministry of Health, reported that 60 residents of the country contracted the Crimean-Congo fever virus.
According to him, the Islamic Republic has already registered three cases of death due to this disease.
Crimean-Congo fever
Crimean-Congo fever is caused by a tick-borne virus of the Bunyaviridae family. The virus causes outbreaks of severe viral hemorrhagic fever with a case fatality rate of 10-40%.
