TY - JOUR AU - Palomar, Ana AU - Portillo, Aránzazu AU - Santibáñez, Paula AU - Mazuelas, David AU - Arizaga, Juan AU - Crespo, Ariñe AU - Gutiérrez, Óscar AU - Cuadrado, Juan Francisco AU - Oteo, José T1 - Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ticks from Migratory Birds, Morocco T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 2 SP - 260 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus was detected in ticks removed from migratory birds in Morocco. This finding demonstrates the circulation of this virus in northwestern Africa and supports the hypothesis that the virus can be introduced into Europe by infected ticks transported from Africa by migratory birds. KW - Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus KW - ticks KW - migratory birds KW - Morocco KW - Spain KW - Europe KW - vector-borne infections KW - viruses KW - birds DO - 10.3201/eid1902.121193 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/2/12-1193_article ER - End of Reference