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Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Circulation in Wild European Rabbits, Portugal, 2018−2023
Carolina Baptista, Nuno Santos, Laurence Vial, Ferran Jori
Abstract

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus is considered a public health risk in southwestern Europe. We surveyed serum samples from 667 European rabbits across Portugal, a rabbit species known to host immature Hyalomma lusitanicum ticks. We found low levels of virus antibodies (>1%), with a localized cluster reaching 5.77% in southern populations.

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Publish date: September 2025
Edition: Emerging Infectious Diseases