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Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in ticks collected from livestock in Albania.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2017
Papa Anna, Velo Enkeleda, Kadiaj Perparim, Tsioka Katerina, Kontana Anastasia, Kota Majlinda, Bino Silvia
Abstract excerpt
Albania is a Balkan country endemic for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). It was shown previously that CCHF virus (CCHFV) sequences from Albanian patients cluster into Europe 1 clade. Aim of the present study was to test for CCHFV ticks collected in several regions of Albania, and to determine the genetic lineage(s) of the CCHFV strains in relation with their geographic distribution. A total of 726 ticks...
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