title: Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever: An Emerging Viral Infection in India, Revisited and Lessons Learned
abstract: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a zoonotic disease caused by the CCHF virus. It was first recognized in 1944 in the Crimea region of the former Soviet Union and then was subsequently isolated in Congo, from a child with similar symptoms. Hence, the virus was termed the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus. CCHF is an emerging disease with more than 1000 human cases being reported every year from South-Eastern Europe and Western Asia. The disease is endemic in Africa, the Balkans, the 
journal: Cureus