Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in tortoises and Hyalomma aegyptium ticks in East Thrace, Turkey: potential of a cryptic transmission cycle

Background Recent reports have demonstrated the presence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) genomic material in Hyalomma aegyptium ticks feeding primarily on tortoises belonging to the genus Testudo . This raises the question if these ticks and their hosts play a role in the natural tr...

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Published in:	Parasites & vectors Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 201
Main Authors:	Kar, Sirri, Rodriguez, Sergio E., Akyildiz, Gurkan, Cajimat, Maria N. B., Bircan, Rifat, Mears, Megan C., Bente, Dennis A., Keles, Aysen G.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 19.04.2020 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Adults Arachnids arboviruses Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Biting Blood blood sampling Crimean hemorrhagic fever Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever orthonairovirus Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus Cryptic transmission cycle DNA Ecological effects Entomology evolution Feeding Females Fever genome Genomes Genomics Haemorrhage Hemorrhage Hemorrhagic fevers Hosts humans Hyalomma Hyalomma aegyptium Infectious Diseases Laboratories Larvae Males Nucleotide sequence Nymphs Parasitology Pathogens PCR Polymerase chain reaction Pools Population density primary transmission Reptiles Reptiles & amphibians screening Studies Taxonomy Testudines Testudo Testudo graeca Testudo hermanni Thrace Ticks Tortoise Tortoises Tropical Medicine Turkey Turkey (country) Turtles Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science Virology Viruses Ukraine Middle East Thrace Istanbul Turkey Turkey United States > US Black Sea Turkey (country) Thrace Cryptic transmission cycle Turkey Tortoise Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus Hyalomma aegyptium
ISSN:	1756-3305, 1756-3305
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