TY - JOUR AU - Ramírez de Arellano, Eva AU - Hernández, Lourdes AU - Goyanes, M. José AU - Arsuaga, Marta AU - Cruz, Ana Fernández AU - Negredo, Anabel AU - Sánchez-Seco, María Paz T1 - Phylogenetic Characterization of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Spain T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 12 SP - 2078 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Two cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever were reported in Spain during 2016. We obtained the virus from a patient sample and characterized its full genomic sequence. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the virus corresponds to the African genotype III, which includes viruses previously found in West and South Africa. KW - Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever KW - CCFHV KW - ticks KW - Bunyaviridae hyalomma KW - zoonosis KW - nairovirus KW - phylogeny KW - complete genome KW - Spain KW - Africa KW - zoonoses KW - vector-borne infections KW - viruses DO - 10.3201/eid2312.171002 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/12/17-1002_article ER - End of Reference