Detection of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in < em > Hyalomma marginatum < /em > ticks, southern France, May 2022 and April 2023

Euro Surveill. 2024 Feb;29(6):2400023. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.6.2400023.ABSTRACTCrimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a potentially severe zoonotic viral disease causing fever and haemorrhagic manifestations in humans. As the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) has been detected in ticks in Spain and antibodies against the virus in ruminant sera in Corsica, it was necessary to know more about the situation in France. In 2022-2023, CCHFV was detected in 155 ticks collected from horses and cattle in southern France.PMID:38333936 | PMC:PMC10853980 | DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.6.2400023

Source: Euro Surveill - February 9, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: C élia Bernard Charlotte Joly Kukla Ignace Rakotoarivony Maxime Duhayon Fr édéric Stachurski Karine Huber Carla Giupponi Iyonna Zortman Philippe Holzmuller Thomas Pollet M élanie Jeanneau Alice Mercey Nathalie Vachiery Thierry Lefran çois Claire Garr Source Type: research