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