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Nairovirus

[′nī·rə‚vī·rəs]
(virology)
A genus of the viral family Bunyaviridae that causes Nairobi sheep disease.
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The advisory, which was issued by the NIH's Field Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Division, said that the CCHF is a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus) of the Bunyaviridae family with a case fatality rate of 10-40 per cent.
The CCHF is caused by a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus) with the case fatality rate ranging from 10-40 per cent.
Ticks are spread life-threatening infectious diseases such as typhus (Rickettsia conorii), Q fever (Coxiella burnetii), tularemia (Francisella tularensis), Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi), and CCHF (Nairovirus).
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne zoonosis caused by a Nairovirus (family: Bunyaviridae) and is endemic in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and southern Europe.
Field and laboratory investigation of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (Nairovirus, family Bunyaviridae) infection in birds.
Experts explained that CCHF is a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus) of the Bunyaviridae family with a fatality rate of 10% to 40%.
CCHF is caused by CCHF virus (CCHFV) which is a member of the Nairovirus genus from the Bunyaviridae family and it is transmitted to humans by infected ticks (1).
According to the advisory, Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus) of the Bunyaviridae family with a case fatality rate of 1040%.
Madam, Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is a disease that has afflicted the populace of many a developing nation.1 CCHF is a zoonotic, tick borne and viral infection caused by Nairovirus of the Bunyaviridae family; the most genetically diverse form of Arbovirus which remains troublesomely elusive to a vaccine.1 It's most common vector the Hyalomma tick tends to reside on livestock animals.1
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