Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Man, Republic of Georgia, 2009

To the Editor: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus is widely distributed in the southwestern regions of the former Soviet Union, the Balkans, the Middle East, western People’s Republic of China, and Africa (1). Public health officials in the Republic of Georgia have long suspected that CCHF occurs in this country, but laboratory confirmation by using molecular diagnostic techniques has not been possible there until recently.