Combination of RT-PCR and proteomics for the identification of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in ticks

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is an emerging tick-borne zoonotic disease caused by the CCHF virus (CCHFV). In this study, an experimental approach combining RT-PCR and proteomics was used for the identification and characterization of CCHFV in 106 ticks from 7 species that were collected fr...

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Main Authors: Isabel G. Fernández de Mera, Ilias Chaligiannis, Angélica Hernández-Jarguín, Margarita Villar, Lourdes Mateos-Hernández, Anna Papa, Smaragda Sotiraki, Francisco Ruiz-Fons, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz, Christian Gortázar, José de la Fuente
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-07-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844017314743