Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2015)

Cross-sectional Serosurvey of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus IgG in Livestock, India, 2013–2014

  • Devendra T. Mourya,
  • Pragya D. Yadav,
  • Anita M. Shete,
  • Padmakar S. Sathe,
  • Prasad Sarkale,
  • Bramhadev Pattnaik,
  • Gaurav Sharma,
  • Kamlesh J. Upadhyay,
  • Surekha Gosavi,
  • Deepak Y. Patil,
  • Gouri Chaubal,
  • Triparna D. Majumdar,
  • Vishwa M. Katoch

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2110.141961
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 10
pp. 1837 – 1839

Abstract

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We conducted a cross-sectional serosurvey of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) among livestock in 22 states and 1 union territory of India. A total of 5,636 samples from bovines, sheep, and goats were screened for CCHF virus IgG. IgG was detected in 354 samples, indicating that this virus is widespread in this country.

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