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Warmer temperatures are transforming Europe into the perfect habitat for ticks carrying CCHF, a deadly virus which in the worst cases results in death.

The disease is usually found in the Balkans, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East but could soon spread across Europe as climate change pushes the insects to move up through the continent, according to scientists.

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#ClimateChange #WHO #disease #nairovirus #CCHF #Europe

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medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04 “A 62-year-old man was bitten by a while hiking through fields in . Two days later he began to feel ill and was taken to a hospital in Madrid, where his condition deteriorated rapidly. He died on the ninth day of his illness.

This was in 2016 and proved to be the first fatality in Spain caused by Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (), a disease spread by ticks that starts with flu-like symptoms and often can end in organ failure.”

#tick #Spain #CCHF

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