title: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in Hyalommid ticks, northeastern Kenya.
abstract: As part of ongoing arbovirus surveillance, we screened ticks obtained from livestock in northeastern Kenya in 2008 to assess the risk for human exposure to tick-borne viruses. Of 1,144 pools of 8,600 Hyalomma spp. ticks screened for Congo-Crimean hemorrhagic fever virus by reverse transcription PCR, 23 pools were infected, demonstrating a potential for human exposure.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya. rsang@wrp-nbo.org
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sang
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lutomiah
authors.forename: Hellen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koka
authors.forename: Albina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Makio
authors.forename: Edith
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chepkorir
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ochieng
authors.forename: Santos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yalwala
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mutisya
authors.forename: Lilian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Musila
authors.forename: Jason H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: Barry R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schnabel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000821:virology*; D003225:Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006479:Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000821:virology*; D007630:Kenya; D058751:Livestock / Q000469:parasitology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000469:parasitology