Prevalence of Antibodies to Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ruminants, Nigeria, 2015

Daniel Oluwayelu; Babak Afrough; Adebowale Adebiyi; Anitha Varghese; Park Eun-Sil; Shuetsu Fukushi; Tomoki Yoshikawa; Masayuki Saijo; Eric Neumann; Shigeru Morikawa; Roger Hewson; Oyewale Tomori

doi:10.3201/eid2604.190354

Prevalence of Antibodies to Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ruminants, Nigeria, 2015

Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Apr;26(4):744-747. doi: 10.3201/eid2604.190354.

Authors

Daniel Oluwayelu, Babak Afrough, Adebowale Adebiyi, Anitha Varghese, Park Eun-Sil, Shuetsu Fukushi, Tomoki Yoshikawa, Masayuki Saijo, Eric Neumann, Shigeru Morikawa, Roger Hewson, Oyewale Tomori

Abstract

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is a highly transmissible human pathogen. Infection is often misdiagnosed, in part because of poor availability of data in disease-endemic areas. We sampled 150 apparently healthy ruminants throughout Nigeria for virus seropositivity and detected virus-specific IgG in cattle (24%) and goats (2%), highlighting the need for further investigations.

Keywords: CCHF; CCHFV; Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever; Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; Nigeria; antibodies; prevalence; ruminants; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Animals
Antibodies, Viral
Cattle
Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo*
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean* / diagnosis
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean* / epidemiology
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean* / veterinary
Nigeria / epidemiology
Prevalence
Ruminants
Seroepidemiologic Studies

Substances

Antibodies, Viral