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Emergence of Reassortant Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever virus lineages, Pakistan, 2023-2024.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2026
Umair Massab, Jamal Zunera, Ali Qasim, Hakim Rabia, Rana Muhammad Suleman, Javed Yusra, Bugti Abdul Rahim, Ayub Adnan, Sabeen Farah, Waheed Yasir, Salman Muhammad
Abstract excerpt
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) remains endemic in Pakistan, yet whole-genome data are limited. During 2023-2024 national surveillance, 151 suspected cases were screened by qRT-PCR; 23 were confirmed at the NIH, Islamabad. Shotgun metagenomic sequencing of 17 cases (15 Pakistan, 2 Afghanistan) generated high-quality genomes, with 65% classified as Asia-1 genotype, while 35% showed segment...
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