A One Health investigation of a Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever outbreak reveals high seropositivity in livestock in Lyantonde District, Uganda, 2024
Luke Nyakarahuka, Sophia Mulei, Shannon L. Whitmer, Joanita Mutesi, Jimmy Baluku, Calvin Richie Torach, Diana Namanya, Alex Tumusiime, Jackson Kyondo, Carson T. Telford, Amy Schuh, Joel M. Montgomery, Julius J. Lutwama, Stephen K. Balinandi, Trevor R. Shoemaker · 2026
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Luke Nyakarahuka and colleagues report a 2026 outbreak study of Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever in Uganda. The fever is a grave viral illness spread by ticks and by contact with sick livestock blood. A One Health probe, which joins human, animal and nature health, ran in Lyantonde District in 2024. First fears of anthrax gave way to lab proof of the fever virus.
Five human cases were proven by two lab tests, and all had direct contact with livestock, most with goats. Blood from twenty six goats showed past virus exposure in twenty three, a rate near eighty eight percent. No goat held active virus at test time. Gene reads placed the strains in the Africa II group, with more than one line in play. Stock contact stands out as the key risk to curb.
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| CREATOR | Luke Nyakarahuka, Sophia Mulei, Shannon L. Whitmer, Joanita Mutesi, Jimmy Baluku, Calvin Richie Torach, Diana Namanya, Alex Tumusiime, Jackson Kyondo, Carson T. Telford, Amy Schuh, Joel M. Montgomery, Julius J. Lutwama, Stephen K. Balinandi, Trevor R. Shoemaker |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30417 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |