congo virus meaning
[Medicine]
A species of NAIROVIRUS of the family BUNYAVIRIDAE. It is primarily transmitted by ticks and causes a severe,often fatal disease in humans.
A species of NAIROVIRUS of the family BUNYAVIRIDAE. It is primarily transmitted by ticks and causes a severe,often fatal disease in humans.
Examples
- The disease associated with Bas-Congo virus is a severe acute hemorrhagic fever characterized by rapid disease progression.
- Since 1976, 192 Congo virus cases have been reported in Pakistan, in which 63 people died, authorities say.
- Government hospitals are on high alert and special teams have been sent to Pakistani part of Kashmir, where the first Congo virus case was reported, he told reporters.
- Although neighboring Afghanistan and remote parts of northern and southwestern Pakistan have seen Congo virus cases, the disease is rare in major cities and doctors couldn't detect it immediately.
- In September 2012, researchers writing in the journal PLOS Pathogens described a species of rhabdovirus, called Bas-Congo Virus or BASV, responsible for 4 cases of viral hemorrhagic fever in the Bas-Congo district in 2009 . The 2 non-fatal cases occurred in healthcare workers treating the other 2, suggesting the possibility of person-to-person transmission.