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Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus,Greece |
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| Authors: | Anna Papa Persefoni Sidira Victor Larichev Ludmila Gavrilova Ksenia Kuzmina Mehrdad Mousavi-Jazi Ali Mirazimi Ute Str?her Stuart Nichol |
| Abstract: | Seroprevalence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is high in some regions of Greece, but only 1 case of disease has been reported. We used 4 methods to test 118 serum samples that were positive for CCHFV IgG by commercial ELISA and confirmed the positive results. A nonpathogenic or low-pathogenicity strain may be circulating. |
| Keywords: | Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus CCHFV viruses ELISA immunofluorescence assay neutralization test Greece vector-borne infections ticks seroprevalence |