CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER (CCHF)
Background: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) from theBunyaviridae family causes a highly contagious disease in human called as, Crimean-Congohemorrhagic fever (CCHF). Infection in humans leads to a serious pyrexial illness that oftenresults in death of the patient. Objectives: To evaluate the outcome of patients admitted toKhyber Teaching Hospital (KTH), Peshawar-Pakistan with CCHF. Study Design: Cross-sectional,retrospective, epidemiological study. Setting: Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH), Peshawar-Pakistan. Period: 2016. Methods: On the basis of final outcome; death or recovery, a total of 11patients diagnosed with CCHF in the year 2016 were divided into two groups. The demographicdetails and symptomatlogy of both the groups were evaluated. Continuous variables wereanalyzed using independent sample t-test on SPSS version 16. Results: Fever was commonin patients who recovered. However, shock and coagulapathy were more commonly seen inpatients expired. The mortality rate was 36.36%. Moreover, age and platelet count on admissionwere indicators of worse outcome, P < 0.05. However, total hospital stay did not predict theoutcome, P > 0.05. Conclusion: The case fatality rate in CCHF is high. Moreover, mortalityrate has an inverse relationship with platelet count on admission and a positive one with thepatient’s age.