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MOLECULAR DETECTION OF CRIMEAN–CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS IN TICKS ISOLATED FROM CAMELS IN EGYPT

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Last updated: 13 Dec 2022

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Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever. Imported camels. Egypt
MOLECULAR DETECTION OF CRIMEAN–CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS IN TICKS ISOLATED FROM CAMELS IN EGYPT
The 1st International Online Conference Pharmaceutical and Medical Sciences: A Response to COVID-19 Theme: Support Healthcare Heroes
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Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is an endemic disease in parts of Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. It was first classified in the 1940's as Crimean Hemorrhagic fever due to an outbreak in Western Crimea in the former USSR. Later in 1969, it was discovered that the causative virus of this disease was antigenic ally identical with the Congo virus, discovered in Belgian Congo. Thus, the term Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever was coined. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is the most geographically widespread tick-borne virus, with infection resulting in mortality in up to 30% of cases. We aimed to determine the presence of CCHF virus among collected ticks from imported camels in Egypt from December 2018 to July 2020. A total of 25000 hard ticks were collected from camels. Ticks were divided into 1250 pool and analysed by two reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for the presence of CCHF virus genome. The infected tick genera belonged to Hyalomma spp. and viral genome was detected in 1.44% (18 pools) of the studied tick population. We recommend the use of acaricides to prevent disease transmission to humans and to reduce the tick population in camels. Care should be taken by abattoir workers and by those who work closely with camels.

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Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever. Imported camels. Egypt

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Hager

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Bendary

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Microbiology and immunology department, faculty of pharmcy, Alazhar university,Cairo

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Abeer

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Abdulah

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Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy (girls), Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

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Fatma

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Rasslan

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Microbiology, faculty of pharmacy (girls), Azhar university

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Ali

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Zaki

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Microbiology, faculty of Medicine, Ain shams university

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14 Jun 2021

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https://pmsazhar.conferences.ekb.eg/article_1093.html

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Conference

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The 1st International Online Conference Pharmaceutical and Medical Sciences: A Response to COVID-19 Theme: Support Healthcare Heroes

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https://pmsazhar.conferences.ekb.eg/

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13 Dec 2022