Detection of Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in North-eastern Senegal, Bokidiawe 2019.

ABSTRACT: We diagnosed a human case of Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Bokidiawe (North-eastern Senegal), 2019. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that the isolate belongs to genotype III and is closely related to a strain reported in Mauritania in 1984 and Spain in 2016. Distribution area of CCHF in Senegal is progressively increasing.

SUBMITTER: Dieng I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7717587 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature