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ID#:

2315

Caption:

This historic 1969 image, depicts a hospitalized isolated male patient, lying in a prone position, who was diagnosed with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (C-CHF), a tick-borne hemorrhagic fever with documented person-to-person transmission, and a case-fatality rate of approximately 30%. This widespread virus has been found in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Note the blotchy, cutaneous lesions scattered over his mid-, and lower back, and buttocks.

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Content Provider(s):

CDC/ Dr. B.E. Henderson

Creation Date:

1969

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Categories:

CDC Organization