A virus that dismantles the body from within has found new ground, carried northward by a tick that does not wait to be found but actively pursues its host. In Kosovo, where Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever has long been endemic, scientists have spent more than a decade learning its patterns — and in partnership with German researchers, they have turned that hard knowledge into a model for continental preparedness. What began as one veterinarian's response to a newspaper headline has become a quiet but consequential collaboration between a nation with experience and a nation with resources, wor
Germany and Kosovo partner to combat deadly Crimean-Congo fever spread by aggressive ticks
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever has high fatality rates; Kosovo experienced ~100 cases per decade previously with severe outcomes including internal bleeding and organ failure requiring intensive isolation care.