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Title
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in questing non-Hyalomma spp. ticks in Northwest Spain, 2021
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Date issued
2024-08
Citation
Zoonoses Public Health. 2024 Aug;71(5):578-583.
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Inglés
Document type
research article
Abstract
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) unexpectedly emerged in humans in Northwest Spain in 2021, and two additional cases were reported in the region in 2022. The 2021 case was associated with a tick bite on the outskirts of the city where the patient lived. PCR analysis of 95 questing ticks collected in the outskirts of that city in 2021, none of the genus Hyalomma, revealed a prevalence of confirmed CCHF virus (CCHFV) infection of 10.5%. Our results in this emerging scenario suggest the need to consider that CCHFV may be effectively spreading to Northwest Spain and to urgently understand any possible role of non-Hyalomma spp. ticks in the eco-epidemiological dynamics of CCHFV.
Subject
MESH
Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo | Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean | Ticks | Animals | Spain | Humans | Female | Male
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