Journal of Camel Practice and Research

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  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 28
  • Issue: 1

Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever: A Serological Survey In Dromedary Camels

  • Author:
  • Ulrich Wernery1,*, Rekha Raghavan1, Ginu Syriac1, Marina Rodriguez1, Fatma Graiban Almheiri1, Sunitha Joseph1
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Jul 19, 2021
  • Page Number: 75 to 77

1Central Veterinary Research LaboratoryDubai, UAE

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Abstract

Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne viral infection caused by a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus), a negative sense, single-stranded RNA virus in the family Bunyaviridae. A serological survey conducted on 173 camel sera from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Pakistan, and Kazakhstan showed a high CCHF serological prevalence of 94.2%.

Keywords

Antibody ELISA survey, CCHF, Dromedary camels, Tick-borne viral infection