Interventions for the control of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and tick vectors

José de la Fuente; Srikant Ghosh; Laetitia Lempereur; Aura Garrison; Hein Sprong; Cesar Lopez-Camacho; Christine Maritz-Olivier; Marinela Contreras; Alberto Moraga-Fernández; Dennis A Bente

doi:10.1038/s41541-024-00970-5

Interventions for the control of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and tick vectors

NPJ Vaccines. 2024 Oct 1;9(1):181. doi: 10.1038/s41541-024-00970-5.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ SaBio, Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC-CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, 13005, Ciudad Real, Spain. [email protected].
² Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA. [email protected].
³ Entomology Laboratory, Parasitology Division, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, 243122, Uttar Pradesh, India.
⁴ Eastern Regional Station, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Kolkata, 700037, West Bengal, India.
⁵ One Health & Disease Control Group (NSAH-CJW), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 00153, Rome, Italy.
⁶ Virology Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
⁷ Centre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb), National Institute of Public Health and Environment (RIVM), 3720 MA, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
⁸ The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, United Kingdom.
⁹ Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
¹⁰ SaBio, Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC-CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, 13005, Ciudad Real, Spain.
¹¹ Galveston National Laboratory, Institute for Human Infection and Immunity, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.

Abstract

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a zoonotic disease associated with its principal tick vector, Hyalomma spp. with increasing fatal incidence worldwide. Accordingly, CCHF is a World Health Organization-prioritized disease with the absence of effective preventive interventions and approved vaccines or effective treatments. This perspective raised from a multidisciplinary gap analysis considering a One Health approach beneficial for human and animal health and the environment exploring international collaborations, gaps and recommendations.

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