Caused by tick-borne virus (Nairovirus) in the Bunyavirus family
First described in the<unk> and later in the<unk> 
Affected regions: Eastern Europe, Mediterranean, NW China, central Asia, southern Europe, Africa, Middle East, Indian subcontinent
Ixodid ticks are reservoir and vector
Direct human-human transmission via body fluids
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Normal causes of acute fever!
Rocky mountain spotted fever
Malaria
Drug fever
Dengue
Typhoid fever
Leptospirosis