Seroprevalence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in humans in the World Health Organization European region: A systematic review.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Lía Monsalve-Arteaga, Montserrat Alonso-Sardón, Juan Luis Muñoz Bellido, María Belén Vicente Santiago, María Carmen Vieira Lista, Julio López Abán, Antonio Muro, Moncef Belhassen-García
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Prisma; Climate change
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008094; https://doaj.org/article/11aa8f462adf42078f25d3af44b36461

BACKGROUND:Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is an emerging infectious disease caused by a Nairovirus. CCHF is a tick-borne disease that is predominantly associated with Hyalomma ticks and have a widespread distribution in Africa, Asia and Europe. CCHF usually presents as a subclinical disease,...