Seroepidemiological survey of the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV) infection amongst domestic ruminants in Adana province, East Mediterranean, Turkey.
Journal: Journal of Advances in VetBio Science and Techniques
Year: 2021

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) has been observing since 2002 and 2015 in Turkey and Adana, respectively. However, there were no previous seroepidemiological data on CCHFV in Adana. This study, thus, aimed to investigate the seroepidemiological status of Adana province for CCHFV in ruminants, according to species, breed, age, gender and geographical location. The study was carried out in 15 districts from sea level to plateaus (0-1472 m), within a 14,030 km² area. 485 samples were