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Volume 29, Number 2—February 2023
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Spain, 2013–2021

Helena Miriam Lorenzo Juanes1, Cristina Carbonell1, Begoña Febrer Sendra, Amparo López-Bernus, Alberto Bahamonde, Alberto Orfao, Carmen Vieira Lista, María Sánchez Ledesma, Ana Isabel Negredo, Beatriz Rodríguez-Alonso, Beatriz Rey Bua, María Paz Sánchez-Seco, Juan Luis Muñoz Bellido, Antonio Muro, and Moncef Belhassen-GarcíaComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain (H. Lorenzo-Juanes, C. Carbonell, B. Febrer-Sendra, A. López-Bernus, A. Orfao, C. Viera Lista, M. Sánchez Ledesma, B. Rodriguez Alonso, B. Rey Bua, J.L. Muñoz Bellido, A. Muro, M. Belhassen-Garcia); Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca, Salamanca (H.M. Lorenzo Juanes, C. Carbonell, B. Febrer Sendra, A. López-Bernus, C. Vieira Lista, B. Rodriguez-Alonso, B. Rey Bua, M.P. Sánchez-Seco, A. Muro, M. Belhassen-Garcia); Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca (H.M. Lorenzo Juanes, C. Carbonell, M. Sánchez Ledesma, B. Rodríguez-Alonso, B. Rey Bua); Hospital El Bierzo, Ponferrada, Spain (A. Bahamonde); Centro de Investigación del Cáncer, Salamanca (A. Orfao); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer, Madrid, Spain (A. Orfao); Centro Nacional de Microbiologiia, Majadahonda, Spain (A.I. Negredo, M.P. Sánchez-Seco); Red de Investigación Colaborativa en Enfermedades Tropicales, Madrid (A.I. Negredo, M.P. Sánchez-Seco, J.L. Muñoz Bellido); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Madrid (A.I. Negredo, M.P. Sánchez-Seco)

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Table 1

Main epidemiologic data of patients with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Spain, 2013–2021*

Characteristic Patient no. and source
1 (10) 2 (10) 3 (12) 4 (13) 5 6 7 8 (11) 9 10
Age, y
 62
 50
 74
 53
 70
 54
 69
 32
 59
 30
Sex
 M
 F
 M
 M
 M
 M
 M
 F
 M
 F
Rural location
 No
 No
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 No
 Yes
 No
Date
 2016 Aug
 2016 Aug
 2018 Jul
 2018 Aug
 2020 Jun
 2020 Jul
 2020 Aug
 2013 May
 2021 Apr
 2021 Jun
Risk factors†
 Leisure
 Nurse
 Hunting
 Ag
 Ag
Ag
 Leisure
 Leisure
 Ag
 Leisure
Comorbidities
 HTN, OSA
 None
 None
 Hepatic steatosis, active drinker
 Tongue cancer
 TB,
brucellosis, active drinker
 HTN
 None
 Diabetes mellitus, dyslipemia
 Diabetes mellitus
Bakir scale at admission
 7
 0
 7
 6
 6
 4
 8
 5
 2
 5
Outcome Died Good Died Good Good Good Died Good Good Good

*Source is indicated if other than this study. Ag, agriculture; HTN, hypertension; OSA, obstructive sleep apnea. †Risk factors include high-risk occupations; agriculture includes shepherding activities.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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