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Noun: Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever
  1. A severe viral infection caused by a tick-borne bunyavirus, endemic in parts of Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East; transmitted primarily by ticks that parasitize livestock
    "The patient developed symptoms typical of Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever after being bitten by an infected tick"

Type of: haemorrhagic fever [Brit, Cdn], hemorrhagic fever [N. Amer], VHF, viral haemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever