'Very worrying': Bleeding virus found for the first time in ticks in France. Here’s what we know

"A virus that causes haemorrhagic fever was detected for the first time in France this month in around 100 ticks collected in 2022 and 2023 on farms in the south of the country.

The Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus is typically spread through the bite of an infected Hyalomma tick, but there has not yet been a human infection in France.

Human cases of the virus have previously been reported in Europe in the Balkans, Spain, Russia and Turkey. Two cases, including one that was fatal, were reported over the summer in North Macedonia."



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