Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Greece.
Seroprevalence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is high in some regions of Greece, but only 1 case of disease has been reported. We used 4 methods to test 118 serum samples that were positive for CCHFV IgG by commercial ELISA and confirmed the positive results. A nonpathogenic or low-pathogenicity strain may be circulating.
Anna
A
Papa
Persefoni
P
Sidira
Victor
V
Larichev
Ludmila
L
Gavrilova
Ksenia
K
Kuzmina
Mehrdad
M
Mousavi-Jazi
Ali
A
Mirazimi
Ute
U
Ströher
Stuart
S
Nichol
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D003225:Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006479:Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G
CCHFV; Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; ELISA; Greece; immunofluorescence assay; neutralization test; seroprevalence; ticks; vector-borne infections; viruses