Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, a member of the genus Orthonairovirus in the family Nairoviridae, is a tick borne virus that causes the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, a systemic disease capable of causing death among infected individuals. Wild and domestic animals maintain the virus in the ecosystem because they may harbour the ticks that transmit this disease to humans. This is a serosurveilance study that sought to determine the prevalence and risk factors for the disease among the widely kept dromedary camels in the northeastern Saharan region of Algeria. From the 294 serum samples collected, the prevalence of antibodies against the virus was 75.5% and 95.7% at animal and herd levels respectively. Significant risk factors for the disease among the dromedaries were traditional and semi-traditional rearing systems and old age above 4 years. This study shows how the human population in Algeria is at a high risk of contracting the viral disease due to their close contact with the dromedaries, from which this study revealed high prevalence.
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