Detection Of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Seroprevalence Rate In Occupational Persons In Nineveh Province, Iraq

Abstract

Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever  (CCHF) one of zoonotic viral tick born disease can infect both animals and human. Occupational persons which they are in direct contact with animals were at high risk . The disease infect animals by silent form and  humans by severe type. Butchers 120 samples and veterinarians 83 samples  were two occupational person groups sera targeted in our study. Results showed positive seroprevalence rate for the sera of butchers (9/120) 7.5 % , veterinarians (6/83) 7.228 % to CCHF by ELISA test.  The highest results recorded according to age : butchers (2/19)  10.526 % with ages <30 year while  veterinarians recorded (4/36) 11.111 %  with age 33-43 years. Education degree: uneducated and secondary graduate degree butchers (2/11)  18.181 %  and veterinarians (5/43) 11.627 % with under graduate degree. Finally according to living type: butchers (8/78) 10.256 % and veterinarians (5/28) 17.857 %  that were living in districts and townships gave the highest result  on the contrary to those living in the center of the city. It was concluded that CCHF was present in Ninevah province in Iraq and distributed all over the province in two important occupational peoples groups including butchers and veterinarians that targeted in the study