Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in Hyalomma impeltatum ticks from North Kordofan, the Sudan.

• First detection of CCHF virus in ticks collected from animals in the Sudan. • Detection of a new genetic lineage of the CCHF virus in the Sudan. • Hyalomma impeltatum as a vector of CCHF virus in the Sudan. An evidence for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) was found in Hyalomma impeltatum ticks collected from sheep in North Kordofan in the Sudan. Based on sequencing of the partial segment S, the detected virus belongs to lineage I with closest similarity to CCHFV strains from Senegal. So far, this lineage is unknown in the Sudan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]