Genetic analysis and epidemiology of Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever viruses in Baluchistan province of Pakistan

BMC Infectious Diseases

Syed Sohail Zahoor Zaidi¹  Mehar Angez¹  Muhammad Suleman Rana¹  Shahzad Shaukat¹  Salmaan Sharif¹  Adnan Khurshid¹  Muhammad Masroor Alam¹ 

[1] Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Chak Shahzad, Park Road, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan

关键词: Molecular epidemiology;    Baluchistan;    CCHFV Asia type-1 genotype;    Pakistan;    Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever;   

Others  :  1148613
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2334-13-201

 received in 2012-07-18, accepted in 2013-04-25,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Pakistan is considered as an endemic country for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever with numerous outbreaks and sporadic cases reported during the past two decades. Majority of cases are reported from Baluchistan province with subsequent transmissions to non-endemic regions mainly through infected animals directly or via infested ticks. We hereby describe the molecular investigations of CCHF cases reported during 2008 in Quetta city of Baluchistan province.

Methods

Serum Samples from 44 patients, with clinical signs of hemorrhagic fever attending a tertiary care hospital in Quetta city, were collected and tested for CCHF virus antigen and genomic RNA, using capture IgM EIA kit and standard RT-PCR assay, respectively. The partial S-gene fragments were directly sequenced to get information related to the prevailing CCHFV genotypes and their molecular epidemiology in Pakistan.

Results

Out of the total forty four, sixteen (36%) samples were found positive for CCHF IgM. Similarly, viral RNA was detected in six (16%) samples. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that all study viruses belong to genotype Asia-1 with closest similarity (99-100%) to the previously reported strains from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.

Conclusion

We conclude that CCHF virus remains endemic within Baluchistan and its neighboring regions of Afghanistan warranting a need of incessant surveillance activities.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Alam et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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