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- Title
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ticks from Migratory Birds, Morocco.
- Authors
Palomar, Ana M.; Portillo, Aránzazu; Santibáñez, Paula; Mazuelas, David; Arizaga, Juan; Crespo, Ariñe; Gutiérrez, Óscar; Cuadrado, Juan Francisco; Oteo, José A.
- Abstract
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus was detected in ticks removed from migratory birds in Morocco. This finding demonstrates the circulation of this virus in northwestern Africa and supports the hypothesis that the virus can be introduced into Europe by infected ticks transported from Africa by migratory birds.
- Subjects
MOROCCO; HEMORRHAGIC fever; TICKS as carriers of disease; ARACHNIDA as carriers of disease; MIGRATORY birds; ARENAVIRUS diseases
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013, Vol 19, Issue 2, p260
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1902.121193