Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in Hyalomma impeltatum ticks from North Kordofan, the Sudan

Lidia Chitimia-Dobler; Makarim Habeeb Issa; Malaz Esamalden Ezalden; Idris Ahmed Yagoub; Mohamed Abdalsalam Abdalla; Amel Omer Bakhiet; Sabine Schaper; Ramona Rieß; Patrick Vollmar; Anne Grumbach; Malena Bestehorn; Markus Antwerpen; Gerhard Dobler; Yassir Adam Shuaib

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2019.09.012

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in Hyalomma impeltatum ticks from North Kordofan, the Sudan

Int J Infect Dis. 2019 Dec:89:81-83. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.09.012. Epub 2019 Sep 12.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: lydiachitimia@gmail.com.
² Veterinary Research Institute, Soba, Khartoum, Sudan. Electronic address: vet.aboamar@hotmail.com.
³ Ministry of Animal Resources, Kassala, Sudan. Electronic address: vet.yassir@yahoo.co.uk.
⁴ Veterinary Research Institute, Soba, Khartoum, Sudan. Electronic address: yagoubidris@yahoo.com.
⁵ College of Veterinary Medicine, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum North, Sudan. Electronic address: salamaa0002@gmail.com.
⁶ College of Veterinary Medicine, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum North, Sudan. Electronic address: amel33@gmail.com.
⁷ Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: SabineSchaper@bundeswehr.org.
⁸ Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: ramonariess@bundeswehr.org.
⁹ Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: patrickvollmar@bundeswehr.org.
¹⁰ Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: annegrumbach@bundeswehr.org.
¹¹ University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. Electronic address: malena1bestehorn@bundeswehr.org.
¹² Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: markusantwerpen@bundeswehr.org.
¹³ Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany; University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. Electronic address: gerharddobler@bundeswehr.org.
¹⁴ College of Veterinary Medicine, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum North, Sudan. Electronic address: vet.aboamar@gmail.com.

PMID: 31521854
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.09.012

Abstract

An evidence for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) was found in Hyalomma impeltatum ticks collected from sheep in North Kordofan in the Sudan. Based on sequencing of the partial segment S, the detected virus belongs to lineage I with closest similarity to CCHFV strains from Senegal. So far, this lineage is unknown in the Sudan.

Keywords: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; Hyalomma ticks; Sheep; Sudan.

MeSH terms

Animals
Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / genetics
Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / isolation & purification*
Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / physiology
Phylogeny
Senegal
Sheep / parasitology
Sudan
Ticks / virology*