Ticks

Circulation of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ticks in Upper Guinea-Republic of Guinea

Mamadou Gando Diallo, Aissatou Boiro, Bonaventure Kolie, Ekaterina Naydenova, Abdoulaye Djibril Diallo, Souleymane Diallo & Thierno Amadou Labé Balde · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2023

The aim of this study was to map the distribution of agents carrying the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (arbovirus-tica) in the natural region of Upper Guinea. The prefectures of Kankan, Dabola and Faranah were used as collection areas. Random sampling of different types...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2023/v33i91402

Serosurvey of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV) in Cattle in Livestock Areas of Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa

Adjogoua Edgard Valery, Diaha-Kouame Claude Aimée, Diane Kouao Maxime, Kouassi Konan Adjoua Rose Marie Clémence & Dosso Mireille · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2021

Background: Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is an arbovirus transmitted by Ixodid ticks and causes a highly pathogenic disease called Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever with a mortality rate of up to 50% in humans. Methods: From January to December 2019, tick and blo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2021/v31i130287