ŠIROKÝ, Pavel, Tomáš BĚLOHLÁVEK, Ivo PAPOUŠEK, D JANDZIK, Peter MIKULÍČEK, M KUBELOVÁ and Lenka ZDRAŽILOVÁ DUBSKÁ. Hidden threat of tortoise ticks: high prevalence of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in ticks Hyalomma aegyptium in the Middle East. PARASITES & VECTORS. LONDON: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, 2014, vol. 7, 4 pp. ISSN 1756-3305. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-101.
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Original name Hidden threat of tortoise ticks: high prevalence of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in ticks Hyalomma aegyptium in the Middle East
Authors ŠIROKÝ, Pavel, Tomáš BĚLOHLÁVEK, Ivo PAPOUŠEK, D JANDZIK, Peter MIKULÍČEK, M KUBELOVÁ and Lenka ZDRAŽILOVÁ DUBSKÁ.
Edition PARASITES & VECTORS, LONDON, BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, 2014, 1756-3305.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Impact factor Impact factor: 3.430
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-101
UT WoS 000335074400001
Keywords in English Tick-borne disease; Epidemiology; Tortoises; Testudo graeca; Hyalomma; Syria; Turkey; RT-PCR
Changed by Changed by: MUDr. RNDr. Michal Řiháček, Ph.D., EuSpLM, učo 357305. Changed: 15/10/2014 13:40.
Abstract
It is the first time that Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), causing potentially lethal disease of humans, has been reported from the Middle East region and from the tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium from a tortoise host, whose epidemiological significance may have remained almost completely overlooked so far. We used RT-PCR to screen for 245 ticks collected from 38 Testudo graeca tortoise individuals. Results of our genetic screening provide unambiguous evidence of occurrence of CCHFV in this region and host, suggesting a potentially important role of H. aegyptium in CCHF epidemiology.
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