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Volume 32, Number 7—July 2026

Research

Prognostic Value of PCR Cycle Threshold Value in Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Iraq, 2022–2023

Raghad I. Khaleel, Ihab R. Aakef, Riyadh A. Al-hilfi, Hussein A. Hasan, Iman M. Aufi, Hawraa A. Shakir, Ahmed A. Hussein, Noora A. Abdulhadi, Zainb A. Mohsin, Amal A. Raheem, Sarah W. Ahmed, Ghazwan A. Baghdadi, Chiori Kodama, Antoine Chaillon, Anaïs LegandComments to Author , Pierre Formenty, Sinan G. Mahdi, and Adnan Khamasi
Author affiliation: Central Public Health Laboratory, Baghdad, Iraq (R.I. Khaleel, H.A. Hasan, I.M. Aufi, H.A. Shakir, A.A. Hussein, N.A. Abdulhadi, Z.A. Mohsin, A.A. Raheem, S.W. Ahmaed); Communicable Disease Control Center, Baghdad (I.R. Aakef, G.A. Baghdadi, S.G. Mahdi); Directorate of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Baghdad (R.A. Al-hilfi); World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt (C. Kodama); World Health Organization Emergencies Programme, Geneva, Switzerland (A. Chaillon, A. Legand, P. Formenty); World Health Organization Country Office, Baghdad (A. Khamasi)

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Figure 3

Distribution of confirmed Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) patients and CFRs by governorate in study of prognostic value of PCR cycle threshold for CCHF, Iraq, 2022–2023. A) CCHF-confirmed patients by governorate. B) CFR among confirmed CCHF patients by governorate. CFR, case-fatality ratio.

Figure 3. Distribution of confirmed Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) patients and CFRs by governorate in study of prognostic value of PCR cycle threshold for CCHF, Iraq, 2022–2023. A) CCHF-confirmed patients by governorate. B) CFR among confirmed CCHF patients by governorate. CFR, case-fatality ratio.

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