Recent progress in molecular biology of
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Shigeru Morikawa; Masayuki Saijo; Ichiro Kurane
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Article
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2007
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a severe hemorrhagic fever in humans with a case fatality rate of up to 50%. A causative agent of CCHF is CCHF virus, which is a tick-borne virus in the family Bunyaviridae, genus Nairovirus. The virus is transmitted to humans through infected tick bites, sq