Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Humans and Livestock, Pakistan, 2015–2017

Authors :: Fei Deng
Zeeshan Taj
Muhammad Furqan Shahid
Muhammad Ammar Athar
Muhammad Tayyab
Awais-ur-Rahman Sial
Qiaoli Wu
Murrafa Batool
Jingyuan Zhang
Muhammad Hammad Hussain
Muhammad Azam Kakar
Zhengli Shi
Muhammad Saqib
Halima Sadia
Usman Tahir
Victor M. Corman
Ali Zohaib
Iahtasham Khan
Tahir Yaqub
Shu Shen
Jawad Tayyab
Muhammad Y. Jakhrani
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 4, Pp 773-777 (2020), Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020.
Abstract: We detected Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus infections in 4 provinces of Pakistan during 2017-2018. Overall, seroprevalence was 2.7% in humans and 36.2% in domestic livestock. Antibody prevalence in humans was highest in rural areas, where increased contact with animals is likely.

Subjects :: Microbiology (medical)
Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever
Epidemiology
vector-borne infections
Saqib M
lcsh:Medicine
parasites
Tayyab MH
ticks
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Humans and Livestock, Pakistan, 2015–2017
Seroepidemiologic Studies
CCHF
medicine
Seroprevalence
Animals
Humans
Pakistan
viruses
lcsh:RC109-216
human
Antibody prevalence
business.industry
Athar MA
et al. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in humans and livestock
Sial A
lcsh:R
Dispatch
Hemorrhagic fever virus
medicine.disease
Virology
zoonoses
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus
livestock
Infectious Diseases
CCHFV
Hussain MH
Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo
2015–2017. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Apr [date cited]. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2604.191154
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Livestock
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean
business
Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus
Suggested citation for this article: Zohaib A

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