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Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Circulation in Wild European Rabbits, Portugal, 2018−2023

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus is considered a public health risk in southwestern Europe. We surveyed serum samples from 667 European rabbits across Portugal, a rabbit species known to host immature Hyalomma lusitanicum ticks. We found low levels of virus antibodies (>1%), with a localized cluster reaching 5.77% in southern populations.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid3110.250184

Authors: Carolina Baptista, Nuno Santos, Laurence Vial, Ferran Jori

Institutions: Universidade do Porto, Animal, Santé, Territoires, Risques et Ecosystèmes

Language: English

Topic: Viral Infections and Vectors

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia