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Epidemiological characteristics of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in 2009-2015 was investigated in Georgia. Maximum number of cases were detected in 2014, when 24 patients were diagnosed. Disease cases occurred in four regions of the country – in Shida and Qvemo Qartli, SamtskheJavakheti, Imereti and in Tbilisi also. The infection is highly distributed in Shida Qartli region, specifically in Khashuri. But natural area of disease distribution is gradually increasing and could be expected an intense spreading of infection in other regions as well. Intensification of epidemiological process is correlated with warm season. About 70% of manifested cases occur in summer period that is related with activation of vector of diseases, tick Hyalomma. At high risk are individuals 20 years of age and elders. A single case was detected among children only. At the modern stage there is an intensification of the epidemic process of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Georgia.
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