congo virus meaning

  "congo virus" in a sentence
[Medicine]
A species of NAIROVIRUS of the family BUNYAVIRIDAE. It is primarily transmitted by ticks and causes a severe,often fatal disease in humans.

Examples

  1. The disease associated with Bas-Congo virus is a severe acute hemorrhagic fever characterized by rapid disease progression.
  2. Since 1976, 192 Congo virus cases have been reported in Pakistan, in which 63 people died, authorities say.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

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