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JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY
Volume 102, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MICROBIOLOGY SOC
DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001473
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camels; Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF); UAE
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Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is a tick-borne virus that causes a deadly disease known as Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) with a high fatality rate. Evidence of CCHFV has been found in dromedary camels in the UAE, with a novel lineage identified in camels and potential reassortment of the genome's M segment.
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is a tick-borne virus causing Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a disease reported to have a high fatality rate in numerous countries. The virus is geographically widespread due to its vector, and numerous wild and domestic animals can develop asymptomatic infection. Serological and limited molecular evidence of CCHFV has previously been reported in Camelus dromedarius (the dromedary, or one-humped camel) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In this study, 238 camel samples were screened for CCHFV RNA where 16 camel samples were positive for CCHFV by RT-PCR. Analysis of full-length CCHFV genome sequences revealed a novel lineage in camels from the UAE, and potential reassortment of the M segment of the genome.
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