Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in ticks collected from humans, livestock, and picnic sites in the hyperendemic region of Turkey

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1411-1416

  Gunes, Turabi ^a   Poyraz, Omer ^a   Vatansever, Zati ^b  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; Dominant species; Tick(s); Turkey; Vector borne

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BOOPHILUS ANNULATUS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAEMAPHYSALIS PARVA; HYALOMMA EXCAVATUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; INFECTION RATE; INFESTATION; LIVESTOCK; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; SHEEP; SPECIES; TICK; TURKEY (BIRD); VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; LIVESTOCK; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICK INFESTATIONS; TURKEY;

ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS ANNULATUS; BOS; CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS PARVA; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM EXCAVATUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODIDA; OVIS ARIES; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA;

EID: 80053620808     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0651     Document Type: Article

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