CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC-FEVER VIRUS-INFECTION IN BIRDS - FIELD INVESTIGATIONS IN SENEGAL

Authors
ZELLER HG CORNET JP CAMICAS JL
Citation
Hg. Zeller et al., CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC-FEVER VIRUS-INFECTION IN BIRDS - FIELD INVESTIGATIONS IN SENEGAL, Research in virology, 145(2), 1994, pp. 105-109
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Virology
Journal title
Research in virology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09232516
Volume
145
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
105 - 109
Database
ISI
SICI code
0923-2516(1994)145:2<105:CHVIB->2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
In Senegal, wild ground-feeding birds are frequently infested with imm ature ticks. In two areas where numerous Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fe ver (CCHF) virus isolations were obtained from Hyalomma marginatum ruf ipes adult ticks collected on ungulates, 175 birds were captured and s era collected. CCHF antibodies were detected by ELISA in 6/22 red-beak ed hornbills (Tockus erythrorhynchus), 2/11 glossy starlings (Lamproto rnis sp.) and 1/3 guinea fowls. The virus was isolated from H. m. rufi pes nymphs collected on a hornbill. The role of wild ground-feeding bi rds in CCHF virus ecology in West Africa is discussed.