Article
[Genetic monitoring of the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan in 2001-2003].
Molekuliarnaia genetika, mikrobiologiia i virusologiia - 1 Jan 2006
Tumanova I Iu, Seregin S V, Vyshemirskiĭ O I, Gutorov V V, Petrova I D, Tiunnikov G I, Ospanov K S, Kazakov S V, Karimov S, Tishkova F Kh, Pirov A I, Netesov S V, Petrov V S
Abstract excerpt
Blood specimens obtained from 32 CCHF patients were tested for the presence of CCHF virus markers. In addition, 3210 ticks of the genera Hyalomma asiaticum, Hyalomma anatolicum, and Dermacentor niveus were examined to identify the CCHF virus antigen and RNA. This material was obtained during the 2001-2003 local outbreaks of CCHF in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. The nucleotide sequence in the region 983-1282 of S...
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