BY EMILY CRAIG
Woman in Cambridge is diagnosed with deadly ‘eye-bleeding fever’ after returning from Central Asia â becoming first British case since 2014
- Cambridge doctors diagnosed woman with Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
- The woman, who recently returned from Central Asia, is third ever case in UK
- Health chiefs said the risk to public health is low as usually spread through ticks
A case of the deadly Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) has been spotted in a woman in England who recently returned from Central Asia.
The unidentified woman was diagnosed with the tickborne disease at Cambridge University Hospitals and has been moved to a specialist unit in London.
