First serologic evidence for the circulation of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in Romania.
Serum samples from sheep in localities situated in the county of Tulcea, Northern Dobrogea, were tested with an IgG sandwich ELISA using a recombinant Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) antigen. In all, 131 sera out of 471 tested (27.8%) had IgG antibodies specific to CCHFV. This is the first evidence for the circulation of CCHFV virus in Romania.
Cantacuzino National Institute for Research and Development for Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory for Vector-Borne Infections, Bucharest, Romania. ceianu@cantacuzino.ro
Cornelia Svetlana
CS
Ceianu
Raluca Ioana
RI
Panculescu-Gatej
Daniel
D
Coudrier
Michele
M
Bouloy
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000821:virology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D003225:Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / Q000276:immunology*; D006479:Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D009698:Nucleoproteins / Q000276:immunology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D013987:Ticks / Q000821:virology*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D009698:Nucleoproteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins