Two Human Infections with Diverse Europe-1 Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Strains, North Macedonia, 2024

• DOI: 10.3201/eid3102.241249
• Publication Date: 2025-01-08T19:22:57Z
• Authors: Dejan Jakimovski; Kostadin Poposki; Marija Dimzova; Marija Cvetanovska; Fadil Cana; Ivana Bogdan; Alejandro Cabezas...; Brigitta Zana; Zsófia Lanszki; Zsófia Tauber; Tamás Görföl; Krisztián Bányai; Ágota Ábrahám; Pavle Banović; Gábor Kemenesi
• Keywords: Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever

Until 2023, North Macedonia had not reported a Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) case for >50 years. In 2024, increased clinical vigilance identified and characterized 2 novel CCHF cases. Genetic analysis the identification of possible reassortment indicate as an interaction zone between virus isolates from Turkey Kosovo.