Evidence of Prolonged Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Endemicity by Retrospective Serosurvey, Eastern Spain

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2022 Apr 21

PMID 35447055

Authors

Laura Carrera-Faja

Jesus Cardells

Lola Pailler-Garcia

Victor Lizana

Gemma Alfaro-Deval

Johan Espunyes

Sebastian Napp

Oscar Cabezon

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Abstract

We conducted a retrospective serosurvey for antibodies against Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in wild ungulates along the eastern Mediterranean Coast of Spain. The virus has been endemic in this region since 2010 but is mainly restricted to geographic clusters with extremely high seropositivity associated with high density of bovids.

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