<s>[INST] <<SYS>> This is a medical question of type : susceptibility <</SYS>> Who is at risk for Alkhurma Hemorrhagic Fever (AHF)? ? [/INST] Contact with  livestock with tick exposure are risk factors for humans, as is contact with infected ticks, whether through crushing the infected tick with unprotected fingers or by a bite from an infected tick. Slaughtering of animals which may acutely but asymptomatically infected may also be a risk factor, as it is possible that infected animals develop a viremia without obvious clinical signs. </s>