Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus and Alkhurma (Alkhumra) Virus in Ticks in Djibouti.
- Horton, Katherine C
- Fahmy, Nermeen T
- Watany, Noha
- Zayed, Alia
- Mohamed, Abro
- Ahmed, Ammar Abdo
- Rollin, Pierre E
- Dueger, Erica L
Publication date
August 2016
DOI Publisher
Mary Ann Liebert Inc ISSN
1530-3667 Citation count (estimate)
4Abstract
Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus and Alkhumra virus, not previously reported in Djibouti, were detected among 141 (infection rate = 15.7 per 100, 95% CI: 13.4-18.1) tick pools from 81 (37%) cattle and 2 (infection rate = 0.2 per 100, 95% CI: 0.0-0.7) tick pools from 2 (1%) cattle, respectively, collected at an abattoir in 2010 and 2011
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