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Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Genome in Tick from Migratory Bird, Italy

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: We detected Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in a Hyalomma rufipes nymph collected from a whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) on the island of Ventotene in April 2017. Partial genome sequences suggest the virus originated in Africa. Detection of the genome of this virus in Italy confirms its potential dispersion through migratory birds.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid2507.181345

Authors: Elisa Mancuso, Luciano Toma, Andrea Polci, Silvio G. d’Alessio, Marco Di Luca, Massimiliano Orsini, Marco Di Domenico, Maurilia Marcacci, Giuseppe Mancini, Fernando Spina, Maria Goffredo, Federica Monaco

Institutions: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale

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

OpenAlex ID: W2949040949

FWCI: 6.411

Cites: 9

Cited by: 73

Related to: 10