Detection of Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in North-eastern Senegal, Bokidiawé 2019. Issue 1 (1st January 2020) - Dieng, Idrissa
ABSTRACT: We diagnosed a human case of Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Bokidiawe (North-eastern Senegal), 2019. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that the isolate belongs to genotype III and is closely related to a strain reported in Mauritania in 1984 and Spain in 2016. Distribution area of CCHF in Senegal is progressively increasing.