TY - JOUR AU - Mathengtheng, Leholonolo AU - Goedhals, Dominique AU - Bester, Phillip AU - Goedhals, Jacqueline AU - Burt, Felicity T1 - Persistence of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus RNA T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 2 SP - 385 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) causes severe disease with fatalities. Awareness of potential sources of infection is important to reduce risk to healthcare workers and contacts. We detected CCHFV RNA in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues from a spontaneous abortion that were submitted for histology 9 weeks after a suspected CCHFV infection in the mother. KW - Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus KW - CCHFV KW - RNA detection KW - viruses KW - orthonairoviruses KW - South Africa DO - 10.3201/eid2602.191460 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/2/19-1460_article ER - End of Reference