A serological survey of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in animals in the Sharkia Governorate of Egypt.

A surveillance survey was conducted over a period of 12 months between September 2004 and August 2005 by the Tropical Medicine Department of Zagazig University in collaboration with Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 (NAMRU-3), Egypt, to evaluate the role of ruminants as a reservoir host for Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV). A total of 1,022 serum samples from 313 cattle, 264 water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), 270 sheep and 175 goats were included in the survey.