Summary
Tick borne diseases impinge veterinary and public health, worldwide
causing threat to nutritional security, mortality and huge economic
losses. Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) and theileriosis are the
two important tick borne diseases in humans and animals respectively,
risk the public health due to mortality and pose major threat to animal
husbandry and livestock’s industries. Sero-epidemiological and genetic
analysis are the key aspects in determining the prevalence of CCHF virus
(CCHFV) circulation and molecular prevalence of theileriosis, which are
overlooked in the India, where the country known for largest cattle
population, globally. Thus, the present study aims to evaluate the
prevalence of CCHFV in animals and genetic diversity of the prevailingTheileria annulata in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Systematically,
livestock population was screened for presence of CCHFVantibodies and T. annulata through commercial IgG ELISA kits and
PCR, respectively. Overall, 16% of samples (n=63/393) tested were
positive for CCHFV-specific IgG antibodies and 15.9% (n-21/132) animals
were positive for T. annulata infections, respectively. It
indicates that, CCHFV is circulating in this region in an unnoticed
hidden manner. So, screening of human cases showing hemorrhagic
manifestations in health care setup and active surveillance of tick is
need of the hour to tackle public health outbreaks and to design
preventive strategic measures to control these emerging as well as
economic tick borne diseases.
Key words : Crimean‐Congo haemorrhagic fever virus,Hyalomma anatolicum, Livestock, Sero-survey, Theileriosis