title: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Bulgaria.
abstract: We report the epidemiologic characteristics of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Bulgaria, as well as the first genetic characterization of the virus strains circulating in the country in 2002 to 2003 that caused disease in humans.
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Arboviruses and Haemorrhagic Fever Viruses at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. annap@med.auth.gr
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papa
authors.forename: Iva
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Christova
authors.forename: Evangelia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Papadimitriou
authors.forename: Antonis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antoniadis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002031:Bulgaria / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D003225:Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006479:Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010802:Phylogeny; D013987:Ticks / Q000821:virology