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| UK Woman Diagnosed with Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever
"People who contract the illness with have sudden onset symptoms with initial signs including headache, fever, back pain, joint pain, stomach pain and vomiting. These key signs are similar to that of Ebola." By Terri-Ann Williams via The Sun A case of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever has been identified in England, health officials have revealed. The risk to the public is very low, the UK Health Security Agency said today - after the case was diagnosed in a woman who had travelled to Central Asia. The illness is a viral disease that's usually transmitted by ticks and "livestock". It's usually found in countries where the disease is in an endemic state and the virus is endemic in all of Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and in Asia. The woman had visited Central Asia and was diagnosed at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She is currently receiving care at the Royal Free Hospital in London. Dr Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Advisor at UKHSA said: "It's important to be