Russian scientists, led by Professor M.P.Chumakov, isolated the virus from human patients and from ticks. The same virus was isolated by C.Courtoise in 1956 from a 13 years old patient in the Belgium Congo. However, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic Fever has a much longer history, with the first record in the early 12th century. Although ticks transmit CCHF virus to a wide variety of animal species, the severe disease only affects humans. Cattle, sheep and small mammals, such as hares may develop mild fever following infection. The disease in humans is comparatively rare but a cause for concern because of high mortality and transmission through contact with patients. Handling the virus requires the highest degree of laboratory containment (Knipe (2001), Chinikar(2009), Chinikar(2007)).