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

Emerg Microbes Infect. 2020 Dec;9(1):2485-2487. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2020.1847605.

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.

Keywords: 2019; CCHF; Genotype III; Mauritania; North-East; Senegal.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / classification
  • Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / genetics
  • Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / isolation & purification*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral / genetics*
  • Senegal
  • Sequence Analysis, RNA

Substances

  • RNA, Viral

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Institut Pasteur de Dakar proper funds, Senegal.