June 2016

Cross-sectional survey of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in the sultanate of Oman

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne hemorrhagic disease caused primarily by a zoonotic virus. The disease may cause a fatal hemorrhagic illness in human; however, CCHF is asymptomatic in infected animals. After the recent reports of CCHF in Oman, a cross-sectional survey was conducted during 2013 to 2014 to study the prevalence in livestock and ticks in order to assess the potential risk of emergence....

Author(s): Mohammad Hassan Hussain Body, Abdulmajeed, H. ALrawahi, Hammad, M. Hussain, Mohamed, S. Ahmed, Saif, S. ALHabsi, Salim AL-Maklady, Mahir Al-Maewaly and Sunil Rajamony