Comparison of the prevalence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fevervirus in endemic and non-endemic Bulgarian locations

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 265-270

  Gergova, Ivanka ^a   Kamarinchev, Bozhin ^a  

^a MILITARY MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Cattle; CCHFV; IFA; RT PCR; Tick

Indexed keywords

CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BULGARIA; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; DYNAMICS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IXODES RICINUS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TICK INFESTATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOVINAE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NAIROVIRUS; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; TICK; TICK INFESTATIONS; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BULGARIA; CATTLE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GEOGRAPHY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 84892772884     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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