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Emerg Infect Dis
; 17(8): 1502-5, 2011 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21801635
ABSTRACT
As part of ongoing arbovirus surveillance, we screened ticks obtained from livestock in northeastern Kenya in 2008 to assess the risk for human exposure to tick-borne viruses. Of 1,144 pools of 8,600 Hyalomma spp. ticks screened for Congo-Crimean hemorrhagic fever virus by reverse transcription PCR, 23 pools were infected, demonstrating a potential for human exposure.