Risk factors associated with exposure to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in animal workers and cattle, and molecular detection in ticks, South Africa.

• Principais autores: Veerle Msimang (Autor), Jacqueline Weyer (Autor), Chantel le Roux (Autor), Alan Kemp (Autor), Felicity J Burt (Autor), Stefano Tempia (Autor), Antoinette Grobbelaar (Autor), Naazneen Moolla (Autor), Melinda K Rostal (Autor), Whitney Bagge (Autor), Claudia Cordel (Autor), William B Karesh (Autor), Janusz T Paweska (Autor), Peter N Thompson (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a severe tick-borne viral zoonosis endemic to parts of Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia. Human cases are reported annually in South Africa, with a 25% case fatality rate since the first case was recognized in 1981. We investigated CCHF virus...