ArticleVeterinary medicine and science2022
First evidence of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus circulation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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- MediLabSecure: A decade of One Health actions to prevent emerging vector-borne diseases in the Mediterranean, Sahel and Black Sea regions.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026Review
- Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever: An emerging threat in Europe.Virologica Sinica · 2026Review
- A multisectoral effort against Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever: Towards One Health approach implementation in the Balkans and Black Sea region.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
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- Seroprevalence study for selected zoonotic vector-borne pathogens in sheep from endemic areas of Croatia.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Vaccine approaches and treatment aspects against Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever.Virusdisease · 2024Review
- Ixodid ticks and zoonotic tick-borne pathogens of the Western Balkans.Parasites & vectors · 2024Review
- Cases of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in North Macedonia, July to August 2023.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2023Article
- Geographical distribution and pathogenesis of ticks and tick-borne viral diseases.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Review
- First evidence of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus circulation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Veterinary medicine and science · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundCrimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a widespread tick-borne zoonosis with reported detection of virus and/or virus-specific antibodies from over 57 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East and is endemic in the Balkans. Detection of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV) antibodies in domestic ruminants has been important in providing initial evidence of virus circulation and in localising CCHFV high-risk spots for human infection.
objectivesThe present study investigated the possible exposure of sheep to CCHFV in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H).
methodsTo investigate the presence of anti-CCHFV antibodies in sheep, all sera (n = 176) were tested using multi-species double antigen enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Reactive sera were further complementary tested by adapted commercial indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) using FITC-conjugated protein G instead of anti-human immunoglobulins.
resultsCCHFV specific antibodies were detected in 17 (9.66%) animals using ELISA test. All negative sera were determined as negative by both tests, while 13 out of 17 ELISA-positive reactors were also determined as unambiguously positive by IFA test. The age group with the highest proportion of seropositive rectors were the oldest animals.
conclusionsThis is the first report of anti-CCHFV antibodies in sheep from B&H providing the evidence of CCHFV circulation in the country's sheep population. So far, these findings indicate the circulation of the virus in the westernmost region of the Balkans and point to the potential CCHFV spread further out of this endemic area.
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