Isolation and identification of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in the Stavropol territory

Onishchenko, G.G.; Markov, V.I.; Merkulov, V.A.; Vasil'ev, N.T.; Berezhnoĭ, A.M.; Androshchuk, I.A.; Maksimov, V.A.

Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 6: 7-11

2001


ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311
PMID: 11881502
Document Number: 540324
The results of the isolation and identification of the causative agent of a haemorrhagic fever outbreak in the Stavropol Territory are presented. The virus isolated from blood of haemorrhagic fever patients by virological methods was identified in serological and molecular tests as Crimean haemorrhagic fever virus. This epidemiological analysis testify to increased activity of the natural focus of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in this area due to a number of natural and other factors leading to intensification of its epidemic realization.

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