Hotspot of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Seropositivity in Wildlife, Northeastern Spain
Johan Espunyes, Óscar Cabezón, Lola Pailler‐García, Andrea Dias‐Alves, L. Lobato, Ignasi Marco, Maria Ribas, P. Guzmán, Marta Valldeperes, Sebastián Napp
Abstract
C rimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCH- FV) is an arthropodborne Orthonairovirus mainly transmitted by ticks. In humans, CCHFV infection can cause severe and even fatal Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) disease (1). CCHFV also can infect wild and domestic mammalian species, producing viremia but causing a predominantly asymptomatic disease and such species have a role in the maintenance of the virus in the environment (2).
Topics & Concepts
SeroprevalenceWildlifeGeographyVirologyBiologyAntibodySerologyEcologyImmunologyViral Infections and VectorsFire effects on ecosystemsVector-Borne Animal Diseases