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

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,...

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Autores principales: 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
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3381575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21801635
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1708.102064
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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
author_facet 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
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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.
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spelling pubmed-33815752012-06-28 Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Hyalommid Ticks, Northeastern Kenya 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 Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3381575/ /pubmed/21801635 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1708.102064 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
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
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Hyalommid Ticks, Northeastern Kenya
title Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Hyalommid Ticks, Northeastern Kenya
title_full Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Hyalommid Ticks, Northeastern Kenya
title_fullStr Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Hyalommid Ticks, Northeastern Kenya
title_full_unstemmed Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Hyalommid Ticks, Northeastern Kenya
title_short Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Hyalommid Ticks, Northeastern Kenya
title_sort crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus in hyalommid ticks, northeastern kenya
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3381575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21801635
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1708.102064
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