Fatal case of crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever caused by reassortant virus, Spain, 2018

Abstract

In August 2018, a fatal autochthonous case of Crimean- Congo hemorrhagic fever was confi rmed in western Spain. The complete sequence of the viral genome revealed circulation of a new virus because the genotype diff ers from that of the virus responsible for another case in 2016. Practitioners should be alert to possible new cases.