Iraq is battling yet another life-threatening virus, this time a fever that causes victims to bleed to death. The outbreak of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever, which is spreading from animals to humans, has heightened the frightening situation in Iraq. Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever is a zoonotic disease carried by ticks with a high fatality rate in humans, according to the World Organisation …
Spraying a cow with pesticides, health workers target blood-sucking ticks at the heart of Iraq’s worst detected outbreak of a fever that causes people to bleed to death. “The number of cases recorded is unprecedented,” said Haidar Hantouche, a health official in Dhi Qar province. “The CCHF virus is transmitted to people either by tick bites or through contact with …
