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Euro Virology & STD-HIV AIDS 2019: Vector borne infections in Bulgaria- Iva Christ ova - National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases

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Iva Christ ova

Located in South-eastern Europe, Bulgaria is a plague us of a for Lyme borreliosis and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) and is stricken by West Nile virus (WNV). In addition, sporadic instances of Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) have been also reported. About 500 cases of Lyme borreliosis are detected yearly in Bulgaria. Two peaks inside the seasonal distribution of cases and more common presentation of neuroborreliosis than of Lyme arthritis seem like traits of Lyme borreliosis inside the united states of America. With sporadic instances or small outbreaks, CCHF regarded every year. More than 1600 CCHF cases were formally recorded due to the fact that 1952.
Genetic investigations showed that CCHF virus traces causing disease in the country belong to lineage Europe 1. However... view more»

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