Deadly virus makes first appearance in India, kills three in Gujarat

[irishspirit]

The Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) has confirmed India’s first cases of the deadly Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) from Sanand, near Ahmedabad.


The virus has so far killed three people, including a woman who first picked it up, and the doctor and a nurse who treated her at a private hospital in Ahmedabad. As of Tuesday evening, two more patients had been hospitalised.


http://www.indianexpress.com/news/deadly-virus-makes-first-appearance-in-india-kills-three-in-gujarat/739292/

[JohnBlues]

"ebola-like".. scary, anyway luckily doesn't appear it's out of control - http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_crimean-congo-hemorrhagic-fever-samples-test-negative_1497155


The blood samples collected from patients in Ahmedabad, who were suspected to be suffering from Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) tested negative at National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune on Thursday. (Bolded for emphasis by me)

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