Two human infections with diverse Europe-1 Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus strains, North Macedonia, 2024

Dejan  Jakimovski; Kostadin  Poposki; Marija  Dimzova; Marija  Cvetanovska; Fadil  Cana; Ivana  Bogdan; Alejandro  Cabezas-Cruz; Brigitta Zana; Zsófia  Lanszki; Zsófia Tauber; Tamás Görföl; Krisztian  Banyai; Ágota  Ábrahám; Pavle  Banović; Gábor  Kemenesi

doi:10.3201/eid3102.241249

Two human infections with diverse Europe-1 Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus strains, North Macedonia, 2024

Dejan Jakimovski
, Kostadin Poposki
, Marija Dimzova
, Marija Cvetanovska
, Fadil Cana
, Ivana Bogdan
, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz
, Brigitta Zana
, Zsófia Lanszki
, Zsófia Tauber
, Tamás Görföl
, Krisztian Banyai
, Ágota Ábrahám
, Pavle Banović
, Gábor Kemenesi

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Abstract

Until 2023, North Macedonia had not reported a Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) case for >50 years. In 2024, increased clinical vigilance identified and characterized 2 novel CCHF cases. Genetic analysis and the identification of possible reassortment indicate North Macedonia as an interaction zone between CCHF virus isolates from Turkey and Kosovo.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	313-317
Number of pages	5
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	31
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3102.241249
Publication status	Published - Feb 2025
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

Keywords

Female
Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo/genetics
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean/virology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Phylogeny
Republic of North Macedonia/epidemiology

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Jakimovski, D., Poposki, K., Dimzova, M., Cvetanovska, M., Cana, F., Bogdan, I., Cabezas-Cruz, A., Zana, B., Lanszki, Z., Tauber, Z., Görföl, T., Banyai, K., Ábrahám, Á., Banović, P., & Kemenesi, G. (2025). Two human infections with diverse Europe-1 Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus strains, North Macedonia, 2024. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 31(2), 313-317. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3102.241249

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