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Volume 25, Number 6—June 2019
Research

Survey of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Enzootic Focus, Spain, 2011–2015

Ana NegredoComments to Author , Miguel Ángel Habela, Eva Ramírez de Arellano, Francisco Diez, Fátima Lasala, Pablo López, Ana Sarriá, Nuria Labiod, Rafael Calero-Bernal, Miguel Arenas, Antonio Tenorio, Agustín Estrada-Peña, and Maria Paz Sánchez-Seco
Author affiliations: National Center of Microbiology, Madrid, Spain (A. Negredo, E. Ramírez de Arellano, F. Diez, F. Lasala, P. López, N. Labiod, A. Tenorio, M.P. Sánchez-Seco); University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain (M.Á. Habela, R. Calero-Bernal); La Paz Hospital, Madrid (A. Sarriá); University of Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain (M. Arenas); University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain (A. Estrada-Peña)

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Table

Characteristics of ticks positive for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Spain, 2011–2015*

Year (no. ticks) Province (no. ticks) Sampling site Collection site or host Tick species No. positive ticks/no. tested (%)
2011 (474) Toledo (78) 31 Ground Hyalomma marginatum 0/78
Huesca (128) 32 Ground H. marginatum 0/128
Cáceres (268)
1 Deer H. lusitanicum 8/139 (5.75)
2 Deer H. lusitanicum 3/35 (8.57)
3 Deer H. marginatum 0/4
4 Deer Unknown 0/20
5 Red fox Unknown 0/3
6 Cattle Unknown 0/2
7 Deer H. lusitanicum 0/24
8 Deer Unknown 0/3
9 Deer Unknown 0/7
10 Deer Unknown 0/20
11
 Deer
 Rhipicephalus bursa nymphs
 0/11
2012 (48) Cáceres (27) 1 Deer H. lusitanicum 0/27
Segovia (21)
 33
 Cattle/sheep
 Rhipicephalus sp.
 0/21
2013 (201) Cáceres (201)
1 Deer H. lusitanicum 13/68 (19.11)
2 Deer Unknown 0/5
10 Deer H. lusitanicum 0/53
12 Deer H. lusitanicum 0/24
13 Deer R. bursa 0/5
14 Deer H. marginatum 0/23
15 Deer Unknown 0/6
16
 Deer
 Unknown
 0/17
2014 (272) Cáceres (272)
1 Deer H. lusitanicum 0/57
4 Deer Unknown 0/41
15 Deer Unknown 0/17
17 Deer and wild boar Unknown 0/18
18 Deer and wild boar H. lusitanicum 0/20
19 Deer Unknown 0/31
20 Deer H. lusitanicum 0/35
21 Deer and wild boar Unknown 0/19
22 Deer H. lusitanicum 0/18
23
 Deer
 H. lusitanicum
 0/16
2015 (584) Cáceres (584)
1 Deer H. lusitanicum 3/66 (4.54)
2 Deer H. lusitanicum 11/120 (9.16)
4 Deer H. lusitanicum 0/25
18 Deer H. lusitanicum 0/40
19 Deer 30 H. lusitanicum, 1 R. bursa 0/31
23 Deer 34 H. lusitanicum, 1 Ixodes ricinus 1/35 (2.85)
Cattle 16 H. lusitanicum, 5 H. marginatum 3/21 (14.28)
24 Deer 14 H. lusitanicum, 8 R.bursa, 1 Dermacentor sp. 0/23
25 Fallow deer 6 H. lusitanicum, 2 I. ricinus. 3 unknown 0/11
26 Deer H lusitanicum 0/32
27 Deer H. lusitanicum 1/36 (2.77)
28 Deer H. lusitanicum 1/45 (2.22)
29 Deer H. lusitanicum 0/72
30
 Deer
 H. lusitanicum
 0/27
Total 44/1579 (2.78)

*Ticks positive for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus are indicated in bold. Animals tested were red fox (Vulpes vulpes), red deer (Cervus elaphus), fallow deer (Dama dama), and wild boar (Sus scrofa ferus).

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