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A 24-year-old male asked:

A tick can transmit congo virus but can it transmit hiv or hepatitis virus from human to human?

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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered

Psychiatry 27 years experience

Tick-Borne infection: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus). Hepatitis and HIV are not.

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