Congo Virus Research Paper

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TREATMENT OF CONGO VIRUS IN HUMANS INTRODUCTION: Congo virus is a lethal disease with fatality rate of (10-40) %. Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic fever is caused by a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus) of the Bunyaviridae family. Animals get infected by the bite of infected ticks. The virus is transmitted to people by bites of tick bugs or through contact with infected animals blood during or immediately after slaughter. Most of the infected people are involved in livestock industry like slaughter house workers and veterinarians. Human to human transmission can occur through blood or other body fluids of infected person (WHO, January 2013). This disease become increased during Eid-ul-Azha also during slaughter. Symptoms are sudden for the most part inside seven days with fever, muscle throb, sore eyes, sensitivity to light, abdominal pain followed by sharp mood swings and bleeding into the skin. Seriousness of illness may encounter quick kidney deterioration and sudden liver failure. This disease need to be treated properly because its mortality rate is increasing day by day. Some birds show resistance to this disease but some are susceptible to it like…show more content…
Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic fever is caused by a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus) of the Bunyaviridae family. Animals get infected by the bite of infected ticks. The virus is transmitted to people by bites of tick bugs or through contact with infected animals blood during or immediately after slaughter (WHO, January 2013). This disease is increasing day by day and only a single vaccine called Ribavirin is available and that is also not too effective so this disease need to be treated. Some birds are found to show resistance against this virus so if we design a similar antibody like that of the bird and inject it in mice so it will also show resistance against the virus and the disease can be cured fully and we can then use it for treatment in
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