Yazarlar |
Marc Mertens
Türkiye |
Isolde Schuster
Türkiye |
Miriam A Sas
Türkiye |
Prof. Dr. Zati VATANSEVER
Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Zdenek Huıbalek
Türkiye |
Esin Güven
Atatürk Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Ahmet Deniz
Türkiye |
Georgi Georgiev
Türkiye |
Raiko Peshev
Türkiye |
Martin H Groschup
Türkiye |
Özet |
Infections of humans with the tick-borne Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) can cause a severe hemorrhagic fever with case fatality rates of up to 80%. Most humans are infected by tick bite, crushing infected ticks by hand or by unprotected contact with blood of viremic mammals. Next to the notified human CCHF cases, the real distribution and the situation in animals in Southeastern Europe are nearly unknown. Since domestic ruminants play a crucial role in the life cycle of the vector ticks and the transmission and amplification of the virus, the antibody prevalence in those animals is a good indicator for the presence of CCHFV in a region. Therefore, the prevalence of CCHFV-specific antibodies was investigated in domestic ruminants of different regions of Bulgaria and Turkey. Sera of 1165 ruminants were tested and a prevalence of up to 90% was identified. The overall prevalence for Bulgaria was 26% and for Turkey 57%. The results highlight the risk of human infections in those regions and the importance of the investigation of the prevalence in animals for identification of risk areas. This article provides a unique overview about published CCHFV antibody prevalence in animals in comparison to human incidences in different areas of Bulgaria and Turkey. Although it will help to complete the understanding of the CCHFV situation in these countries, it also demonstrates the lack of unpublished and published data even in these highly endemic areas. |
Anahtar Kelimeler |
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus: CCHFV | domestic animals | ELISA | epidemiology |
Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
Dergi Adı | VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES |
Dergi ISSN | 1530-3667 |
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Exp, SCOPUS, Biological Abstracts, Biosis Full Coverage Shared, Biosis Previews, Curation, Current Contents Clinical Medicine, Essential Science Indicators, Reference Master, Sophia, Zoological Record |
Dergi Grubu | Q2 |
Makale Dili | İngilizce |
Basım Tarihi | 01-2016 |
Cilt No | 16 |
Sayı | 9 |
Sayfalar | 619 / 623 |
Doi Numarası | 10.1089/vbz.2016.1944 |
Makale Linki | http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/vbz.2016.1944 |
Atıf Sayıları | |
WoS | 23 |
SCOPUS | 25 |
Google Scholar | 32 |