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Volume 28, Number 5—May 2022
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Lack of Evidence for Crimean–Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ticks Collected from Animals, Corsica, France

Vincent CicculliComments to Author , Apolline Maitre, Nazli Ayhan, Stevan Mondoloni, Jean-Christophe Paoli, Laurence Vial, Xavier N. de Lamballerie, Remi Charrel, and Alessandra Falchi
Author affiliations: Laboratoire de Virologie, Université de Corse–Institut National de Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Corte, France (V. Cicculli. A. Maitre, A. Falchi); Unité des Virus Emergents, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France (V. Cicculli, N. Ayhan, X.N. de Lamballerie, R. Charrel); Laboratoire de Recherches sur le Développement de l’Élevage, Institut National de la Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, Corte (J.-C. Paoli); Campus International de Baillarguet, Montpellier (L. Vial); Parc Naturel Régionale de Corse, Corte (S. Mondoloni)

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Table

Ticks collected, by host, number of ticks, and number of tick pools, in a study of Crimean–Congo Hemorrhagic fever virus in ticks from wild and domestic animals, Corsica, France, 2016–2020

Host and tick species No. ticks No. tick pools
Cattle, n = 1,211
Rhipicephalus bursa 3,413 818
Hyalomma marginatum 1,343 475
H. scupense 282 96
Boophilus annulatus 130 47
Ixodes ricinus 85 33
H. punctata 14 10
R. sanguineus 96 32
Dermacentor marginatus 2 2
Total
 5,365
 1,513
Horses, n = 201
H. marginatum 1,026 247
R. bursa 637 135
R. sanguineus 27 10
Total
 1,690
 392
Wild boar, n = 182
D. marginatus 837 222
H. marginatum 13 7
R. bursa 9 6
I. ricinus 13 5
R. sanguineus 1 1
Total
 873
 241
Sheep, n = 773
R. bursa 101 93
Total
 101
 93
Deer, n = 4
R. bursa 9 4
H. marginatum 4 1
Total
 13
 5
Mouflon sheep, n = 2
R. bursa 8 5
I. ricinus 1 1
Total
 9
 6
Overall 8,051 2,250

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