Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Kazakhstan, 2009–2010

Barbara Knust¹, Zhumagul B. Medetov¹, Kakimzhan B. Kyraubayev, Yekaterina Bumburidi, Bobbie Rae Erickson, Adam MacNeil, Stuart T. Nichol

, Baurzhan S. Bayserkin, and Kenes S. Ospanov

Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (B. Knust, Y. Bumburidi, B.R. Erickson, A. MacNeil, S.T. Nichol); Kazakhstan Ministry of Health, Almaty, Kazakhstan (Z.B. Medetov, K.B. Kyraubayev, B.S. Bayserkin, K.S. Ospanov).

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Reported Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever cases and reported tick bites in Southern Kazakhstan Oblast, Kazakhstan, April 23–October 22, 2009 (A) and March 11–October 28, 2010 (B). Dark gray bars, confirmed and probable cases; white bars, confirmed and probable nosocomial cases; black diamonds, weekly reported tick bites. Reported tick bites and fevers in persons who registered a tick bite in the previous 14 days by week, April 23–October 22, 2009 (C) and March 11–October 28, 2010 (D). Black diamo

Figure 1. Reported Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) cases and reported tick bites in Southern Kazakhstan Oblast, Kazakhstan, April 23–October 22, 2009 (A) and March 11–October 28, 2010 (B), and reported tick bites and fevers in persons who registered a tick bite in the previous 14 days by week, April 23–October 22, 2009 (C), and March 11–October 28, 2010 (D).

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¹These authors contributed equally to this article.

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