2024-04-26 05:30:00
DECRYPTION – This virus, which has already been circulating for around ten years in Spain, was recently discovered in the Pyrénées-Orientales and Corsica. The risk of transmission to humans is very low.
It may have arrived on the backs of migratory birds, carried in tick larvae. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus – endemic in certain countries in Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and Asia – appears to have settled on the French mainland. It was discovered for the first time at the end of 2023 in the Pyrénées-Orientales and more recently in Corsica. Every time in ticks. In humans, this virus most often causes a mild infection, but in rare cases it can develop into severe forms, fatal in 10 to 40% of cases. However, scientists believe that there is no reason to sound the alarm. Explanations.
“This virus is transmitted by ticks of the genus Hyalomma which has been present in Corsica for several decades already and whose presence has been reported since 2015 on the rest of the French Mediterranean coast.indicates Thomas Pollet, research fellow at the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food…
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