Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in livestock ticks and animal handler seroprevalence at an abattoir in Ghana

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Akuffo, R ^a,c,f   Brandful, J A M ^c   Zayed, A ^a   Adjei, A ^d   Watany, N ^a   Fahmy, N T ^a   Hughes, R ^a   Doman, B ^a   Voegborlo, S V ^a   Aziati, D ^c   Pratt, D ^c   Awuni, J A ^e   Adams, N ^a   Dueger, E ^a,b  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^e Veterinary Services of Ghana   (Ghana)

^f ABBASSIA FEVER HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Abattoir; Ambylomma; Boophilus; Crimean congo hemorrhagic fever; Crimean congo hemorrhagic fever virus; Ghana; Hyalomma; Livestock; Seroprevalence; Ticks

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ANTI-IGG; ANTIIDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOOPHILUS; BOVINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GHANA; GOAT; HUMAN; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA EXCAVATUM; LIVESTOCK; MALE; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TICK; VIRUS DETECTION; WORKER; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NAIROVIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY;

ABATTOIRS; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GHANA; GOATS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; TICKS;

EID: 84991778584     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1660-6     Document Type: Article

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