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Molecular Investigation of a Multisource Outbreak of Crimeancongo Hemorrhagic Fever in the United Arab Emirates
1 Nov 1997
Abstract excerpt
During the investigation of an outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) between 1994 and 1995, blood samples from suspected CCHF cases and ticks collected from livestock were tested for CCHF virus by antigen-capture ELISA and by a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Phylogenetic analysis of partial small (S) segment nucleotide sequences from four ticks and...
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