Sero-epidemiological survey of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in Tunisia

Parasite

Volumn 23, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wasfi, Fares ^a   Dowall, Stuart ^b   Ghabbari, Tayssir ^c   Bosworth, Andrew ^b   Chakroun, Mohamed ^d   Varghese, Anitha ^b   Tiouiri, Hanene ^e   Ben Jemaa, Mounir ^f   Znazen, Abir ^f   Hewson, Roger ^b,g   Zhioua, Elyes ^a   Letaief, Amel ^c  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^d FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^e Infectious Diseases Department   (Tunisia)

^f Laboratory of Microbiology   (Tunisia)

^g The National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections at University College London in partnership with UK Health Security Agency   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CCHF; CCHF virus; Seroprevalence; Ticks; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARACHNID VECTOR; BLOOD; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IXODIDAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAIROVIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TICK BITE; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TRANSMISSION; TUNISIA; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ABATTOIRS; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IXODIDAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICK BITES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960872015     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: 17761042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2016010     Document Type: Article

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