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

• Main Authors: Veerle Msimang (Author), Jacqueline Weyer (Author), Chantel le Roux (Author), Alan Kemp (Author), Felicity J Burt (Author), Stefano Tempia (Author), Antoinette Grobbelaar (Author), Naazneen Moolla (Author), Melinda K Rostal (Author), Whitney Bagge (Author), Claudia Cordel (Author), William B Karesh (Author), Janusz T Paweska (Author), Peter N Thompson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

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...