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Table 2 IgM confirmed Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever cases found during the years 2003 to 2008 reported to National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan [4]

From: The reasons why Pakistan might be at high risk of Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever epidemic; a scoping review of the literature

Areas according to the disease burden

Provinces

Number of IgM confirmed cases

High burden areas

Baluchistan

57

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

20

Low burden areas

Punjab

6

Sindha

2

  1. aLow number of cases in the Sindh province may be either due to low prevalence of the disease or because the suspected cases are not reported to National Institute of Health, Islamabad due to the fact that Karachi, the capital of the Sindh province, also has the diagnostic facilities
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Virology Journal

ISSN: 1743-422X