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. 2016 Jan 7;10(1):e0004210. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004210

Table 1. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) seroprevalence in domestic animals.

Animal Country (Region) of Specimen Origin Seroprevalence Assay Reference
n %
Buffalo Egypt 47 0 CF [38]
Egypt (central) 153 0 IgG ELISA [39]
India 2 0 AGDP [18]
India (Jammu and Kashmir) 23 0 CF [40]
India (Jammu and Kashmir) 14 0 AGDP [40]
India 3 0 IgG ELISA [41]
India (Maharashtra, Rajasthan) 46 2.2 IgG ELISA [42]
India (Ahmadabad) 123 19.5 IgG ELISA [42]
Pakistan 22 4.5 CF [43]
Camels China (Tarim, Junggar, and Turpan-Hami Basins) 10 40 RPHI [44]*
Egypt 34 8.8 CF [38]
Egypt (central) 10 0 IgG ELISA [39]
India (Jammu and Kashmir) 3 0 CF [40]
India (Jammu and Kashmir) 3 0 AGDP [40]
Iran 99 19.1 AGDP [45]
Iran 157 0 AGDP [9] in [6]
Iraq 99 23.2 CF [35]
Kenya 499 26 AGDP, IFA [20]
Niger 353 13.6 IgG ELISA [21]
Oman 109 16 IgG ELISA [46]
Pakistan 1 100 IgG ELISA [47]
Russia (Astrakhan Oblast) NR 1.4 AGDP [48] in [6]
Sudan 3802 12 AGDP, IFA [20]
Sudan 13 7.7 IgG ELISA [47]
United Arab Emirates 80 6.3 IgG ELISA [47]
Cattle Afghanistan 230 5.6 AGDP [18,49]
Afghanistan (Engil District) 92 79.1 IgG ELISA [34]
Albania 14 0 IgG ELISA [50]
Albania (ten regions surveyed) 337 4.74 IgG ELISA [51]
Albania (Berat) 50 4 IgG ELISA [52]
Albania (Gjirokastra) 50 2.1 IgG ELISA [53]
Albania (Kolonje) 54 7.4 IgG ELISA [52]
Albania (Kukes) 11 0 IgG ELISA [53]
Albania (Rreshen) 40 2.6 IgG ELISA [53]
Armenia 1373 4.2 AGDP [54]
Azerbaijan (Sabirabad and Saatly) 651 16.2 AGDP [55]
Azerbaijan (Sal’yany) 142 11.9 AGDP [55]
Azerbaijan (Pushkino) 38 10.1 AGDP [55]
Azerbaijan (Apsheron) 102 11.0 AGDP [55]
Azerbaijan (Divichin) 161 3.1 AGDP [55]
Azerbaijan (Lenkoran’) 238 3.8 AGDP [55]
Azerbaijan (Sabirabad) 454 4.2 AGDP [55]
Azerbaijan (Saatly) 424 4.7 AGDP [55]
Bulgaria 1756 33.2 AGDP [56]
Bulgaria (Municipality of Aytos) 127 71 IgG ELISA [27]
Bulgaria 1775 7.89 IFA [22]
Egypt 43 0 CF [38]
Egypt 200 0 AGDP, IFA [20]
Egypt (central) 161 0.6 IgG ELISA [39]
Germany 78 0 RPHI [57]
Hungary 687 0.9 AGDP [58]
Hungary (Hajdú-Bihar) 161 0 AGDP [59]
India 22 0 AGDP [15]
India 25 0 AGDP [18]
India 12 0 AGDP [18]
India 711 12.1 IgG ELISA [60]
India 32 43.8 IgG ELISA [41]
India (northern West Bengal) 5 0 IgG ELISA [42]
India (Ahmadabad) 74 4.1 IgG ELISA [42]
India (Jammu and Kashmir) 66 0 CF [40]
India (Jammu and Kashmir) 55 0 AGDP [40]
Iran 100 19 AGDP [45]
Iran 130 18 AGDP [9]
Iran 876 5.9 ELISA [61]
Iran (Ardabil Province) 10 30 IgG ELISA [62]
Iran (Isfahan Province) 15 20 IgG ELISA [63]
Iran 1091 25.0 IgG ELISA [64]
Iraq 411 29.3 CF [35]
Iraq (Basrah, southern Iraq) 48 37 IgG ELISA [65]
Ireland 54 1.9 RPHI [57]
Italy 50 0 RPHI [57]
Kazakhstan 842 0.7 AGDP [66]
Kenya/Uganda 93 76.3 AGDP [45]
Kosovo 353 18.4 IgG ELISA [67]
Niger 1201 46 IgG ELISA [21]
Nigeria 1164 25.7 AGDP [68]
Oman 27 4 IgG ELISA [46]
Pakistan 45 2.2 CF [43]
Pakistan 1 0 IgG ELISA [47]
Pamirs 189 0 AGDP [36]
Republic of Macedonia 158 14.6 IgG ELISA [24]
Russia (Astrakhan Oblast) NR 5.1 CF, AGDP [69]
Russia (Rostov Oblast) 430 23.0 AGDP [70]
Russia (Rostov Oblast) 355 2.8 AGDP [71]
Russia (Rostov Oblast) 2155 0.5–17.0 AGDP [72]
Senegal 1269 6.1 AGDP [73]
Somalia 16 6.3 IgG ELISA [47]
South Africa 8667 28 RPHI [37]
South Africa 6128 26.5 RPHI [74]
Sudan (North Kurdufan State) 299 7.0 IgG ELISA [75]
Sudan (East Darfur State) 282 19.14 IgG ELISA [26]
Tajikistan (FRM Tajik SSR, northern) 184 0 AGDP [36]
Tajikistan (FRM Tajik SSR) 1585 1.1 AGDP [36]
Tajikistan (FRM Tajik SSR) 775 1.1 AGDP [76]
Turkmenistan (FRM Turkmen SSR, Ashkhada region) 199 3.5 AGDP [32]
Turkmenistan (FRM Turkmen SSR, Geok-Tepe region) 29 31 AGDP [32]
Tanzania (central zone: Mpwapwa) 166 0.6 AGDP [6]
Tanzania (northern zone: Longido, Monduli, Tengeru) 256 7.4 AGDP [6]
Tanzania (Sukumaland) 209 4.8 AGDP [6]
Tanzania (Lake Victoria coastal region) 417 6.3 AGDP [6]
Turkey (Marmara region) 201 13 IgG ELISA [10]
The Netherlands 7 0 IgG ELISA [47]
Uganda 104 36.5 AGDP [77]
United Arab Emirates 34 0 IgG ELISA [47]
Zimbabwe 763 45 RPHI [37]
Chickens Kosovo 8 0 IgG ELISA [67]
Tajikistan (FRM Tajik SSR) 136 0 CF, AGDP [76]
Chickens/ducks Kazakhstan 428 0.2 AGDP [66]
Dogs South Africa, Zimbabwe 1978 6 RPHI [13]
Donkeys Azerbaijan (Sal’yany) 69 18.8 AGDP [55]
Bulgaria 103 17.4 AGDP [56]
Bulgaria (Municipality of Aytos) 8 50 IgG ELISA [27]
India (Jammu and Kashmir) 6 0 CF [40]
India (Jammu and Kashmir) 6 0 AGDP [40]
Tajikistan (FRM Tajik SSR) 38 39.5 AGDP [36]
Ducks Tajikistan (FRM Tajik SSR) 44 0 CF, AGDP [76]
Goats Afghanistan 233 9 AGDP [18,49]
Albania 10 20 IgG ELISA [50]
Bulgaria 411 62.3 AGDP [56]
Bulgaria (Municipality of Aytos) 15 60 IgG ELISA [27]
India 1 0 IgG ELISA [47]
India 117 9.4 AGDP [15]
India 45 40 AGDP [15]
India 186 16.1 AGDP [18]
India 279 41.2 IgG ELISA [60]
India 28 46.4 IgG ELISA [41]
India (Maharashtra, northern West Bengal, Rajasthan) 146 2.1 IgG ELISA [42]
India (Ahmadabad) 76 30.3 IgG ELISA [42]
India (Jammu and Kashmir) 75 0 CF [40]
India (Jammu and Kashmir) 35 0 AGDP [40]
Iran 135 36 AGDP [9]
Iran 5 40 IgG ELISA [47]
Iran (Ardabil Province) 3 33.3 IgG ELISA [62]
Iran (Khorasan Province) 150 46 NR In [63]
Iran (Isfahan Province) 21 9.5 IgG ELISA [63]
Iran 987 24.8 IgG ELISA [64]
Iraq 562 49.6 CF [35]
Kosovo 10 10 IgG ELISA [67]
Mauritania 27 11.1 IgG ELISA [78]
Mauritania 27 0 IgM ELISA [78]
Niger 224 4.9 IgG ELISA [21]
Oman 146 14 IgG ELISA [46]
Pakistan 48 0 CF [43]
Pakistan 1 0 IgG ELISA [47]
Somalia 14 21.4 IgG ELISA [47]
Sudan 356 3.9 RPHI [57]
Turkey 76 0 RPHI [57]
Turkey (Marmara region) 147 66.0 IgG ELISA [10]
United Arab Emirates 21 0 IgG ELISA [47]
Goats/sheep Iran 201 45 AGDP [45]
Kazakhstan 832 0.4 AGDP [66]
Tajikistan (FRM Tajik SSR, central) 107 0.9 AGDP [36]
Tajikistan (FRM Tajik SSR) 326 1.5 AGDP [76]
Turkmenistan (FRM Turkmen SSR) 663 11.3 AGDP [32]
Horses Bulgaria 536 39 AGDP [56]
Hungary (Hajdú-Bihar) 8 0 AGDP [59]
India 282 1.1 AGDP [18]
India (Jammu and Kashmir) 16 0 CF [40]
India (Jammu and Kashmir) 15 0 AGDP [40]
Iraq 252 58.8 CF [35]
Russia (Astrakhan Oblast) NR 3.1 CF, AGDP [69]
Russia (Rostov Oblast) NR Pos AGDP [70]
Tajikistan (FRM Tajik SSR) 71 2.8 AGDP [76]
Misc. small ruminants/livestock Iran (Isfahan Province) NR 56 NR In [63]
Kosovo (excluding sheep) NR 14 IgG ELISA [79]
Niger 418 10.3 IgG ELISA [21]
Senegal 1269 6.1 AGDP [73]
Misc. domestic animals India 40 2.5 AGDP [18]
India 139 7.9 AGDP [18]
Mules India (Jammu and Kashmir) 64 0 CF [40]
India (Jammu and Kashmir) 41 0 AGDP [40]
Ostriches Iran 5 20 IgG ELISA [80]
South Africa 92 23.9 RPHI [17]
Pigs Egypt 46 0 CF [38]
India (Maharashtra) 25 0 IgG ELISA [42]
Russia (Rostov Oblast) 151 0 AGDP [72]
Sheep Afghanistan (Engil District) 40 75.0 IgG ELISA [34]
Azerbaijan (Sabirabad and Saatly) 91 16.2 AGDP [55]
Azerbaijan (Pushkino) 89 6.7 AGDP [55]
Australia 30 0 IgG ELISA [47]
Bulgaria 1190 32.9 AGDP [56]
Bulgaria (Municipality of Aytos) 242 74 IgG ELISA [27]
China (Tarim, Junggar, and Turpan-Hami basins) 3640 12.6 RPHI [44]*
Egypt 52 23.1 CF [38]
Egypt 400 0 AGDP, IFA [20]
Egypt (central) 174 0 IgG ELISA [39]
Greece (Kastoria) 40 25.0 IgG ELISA [81]
Hungary 48 31.3 AGDP [58]
India 13 7.7 AGDP [15]
India 136 0 AGDP [18]
India 149 0.7 AGDP [18]
India 236 32.6 IgG ELISA [60]
India 19 47.4 IgG ELISA [41]
India (Maharashtra, Rajasthan) 17 35.3 IgG ELISA [42]
India (Ahmadabad) 32 50 IgG ELISA [42]
India (Jammu and Kashmir) 38 0 CF [40]
India (Jammu and Kashmir) 12 0 AGDP [40]
Iran 728 38 AGDP [9]
Iran 2 0 IgG ELISA [47]
Iran (Ardabil Province) 43 41.9 IgG ELISA [62]
Iran (Mazandaran Province) 270 3.7 IgG ELISA [82]
Iran (Khorasan Province) 298 77.5 NR In [63]
Iran (Isfahan Province) 286 12.6 IgG ELISA [63]
Iran 2447 58.7 IgG ELISA [64]
Iraq 769 57.6 CF [35]
Iraq (Basrah, southern Iraq) 74 20 IgG ELISA [65]
Kosovo 30 10 IgG ELISA [67]
Kosovo NR 32.6 IgG ELISA [79]
Mauritania 70 20 IgG ELISA [78]
Mauritania 70 0 IgM ELISA [78]
New Zealand 67 0 RPHI [57]
Niger 271 3 IgG ELISA [21]
Oman 34 3 IgG ELISA [46]
Pakistan 46 0 CF [43]
Pamirs 266 0 AGDP [36]
Romania (Tulcea, northern Dobrogea) 471 27.8 IgG ELISA [33]
Russia (Astrakhan Oblast) NR 0.3 CF, AGDP [69]
Senegal 942 10.4 IgG ELISA [83]
Somalia 12 50 IgG ELISA [47]
Somalia 28 0 RPHI [57]
Sudan 1972 4.3 RPHI [57]
Tajikistan 614 2.6 AGDP [36]
Tajikistan (northern) 379 0 AGDP [36]
Tajikistan (central) 82 4.9 AGDP [36]
Turkey 95 3.2 RPHI [57]
Turkey (Marmara region) 160 31.8 IgG ELISA [10]
United Arab Emirates 30 0 IgG ELISA [47]

NR, not reported; FRM, formerly; SSR, Socialist Soviet Republic; AGDP, agar gel diffusion precipitation; CF, complement fixation; ELISA, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; IFA, immunofluorescence assay; Pos, seropositivity reported; RPHI, reverse passive hemagglutination inhibition assay.

*Personal communication with Drs. Zhihong Hu and Yujiang Zhang for species breakdown of sample count

†Sample numbers and results not differentiated by animal.