Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Hyalommid Ticks, Northeastern Kenya

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Sang, Rosemary ; Lutomiah, Joel ; Koka, Hellen ; Makio, Albina ; Chepkorir, Edith ; Ochieng, Caroline ; Yalwala, Santos ; Mutisya, James ; Musila, Lilian ; Richardson, Jason H. ; Miller, Barry R. ; Schnabel, David
• Description:
  As part of ongoing arbovirus surveillance, we screened ticks obtained from livestock in northeastern Kenya in 2008 to assess the risk for human exposure to tick-borne viruses. Of 1,144 pools of 8,600 Hyalomma spp. ticks screened for Congo-Crimean hemorrhagic fever virus by reverse transcription PCR, 23 pools were infected, demonstrating a potential for human exposure.
• Subjects:
  Animals Arachnid Vectors Dispatch Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo Humans Ixodidae Livestock Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Tick Infestations
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(8):1502-1505.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kenya
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:82713fd0a7e8a141920655862968ac0b5cc594521c5e367245f7366a08c17c58
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24215/cdc_24215_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 275.29 KB ]