Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Genome in Tick from Migratory Bird, Italy

Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Jul;25(7):1418-1420. doi: 10.3201/eid2507.181345.

Abstract

We detected Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in a Hyalomma rufipes nymph collected from a whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) on the island of Ventotene in April 2017. Partial genome sequences suggest the virus originated in Africa. Detection of the genome of this virus in Italy confirms its potential dispersion through migratory birds.

Keywords: CCHFV; Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever; Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; Hyalomma rufipes; Italy; Saxicola rubetra; Ventotene; tickborne diseases; ticks; vector-borne infections; viruses.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bird Diseases / transmission*
  • Bird Diseases / virology*
  • Birds
  • Genes, Viral
  • Genome, Viral
  • Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / classification
  • Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / genetics*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / isolation & purification
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / veterinary*
  • Humans
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Phylogeny
  • Ticks / virology*