Molecular detection of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) but not West Nile virus (WNV) in hard ticks from provinces in Northern Turkey

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages

  Albayrak, H ^a   Ozan, E ^b   Kurt, M ^b  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Veterinary Control and Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CCHFV; PCR; Tick; Turkey; WNV

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC RNA; VIRUS RNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DERMACENTOR; IXODES RICINUS; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; GENOME, VIRAL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; IXODIDAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TURKEY; WEST NILE VIRUS;

BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; TESTUDINES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 78649663712     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01316.x     Document Type: Article

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