Figure 4. Historical published data about the occurrence ofHyalomma ticks and Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV)
in Hungary in chronological order.
1 CCHFV isolation in 1972 from two I. ricinus ticks in Veszprém
county (Molnár, 1982)
2 CCHFV seropositive cattle and sheep in 1973 in Hajdú-Bihar county ,
3 CCHFV antibody in 17 human sera. One from a slaughterhouse worker in
Budapest, all others from Hajdú-Bihar county (L. B. Horváth, 1976).
4 Human CCHF infection from unknown source in Baranya county in 2004
(Országos Epidemiológiai Központ, 2008)
5 CCHFV seropositive brown hares collected between 2008 and 2009 from
near Dévaványa village ,
6 An engorged Hyalomma marginatum nymph found on a Northern
white-breasted hedgehog in 2009 in an urban park of Budapest (G Földvári
et al., 2011)
7 Two Hy. rufipes males found on two cows in September 2011 in
south-western Hungary ,
8 CCHFV seropositive wild rodents collected between 2011 and 2013 in the
Mecsek Mountain region ,
9 Three Hy. marginatum (two larvae and a nymph) collected from an
European robin at the Ócsa Ringing Station in 2011 and three Hy.
rufipes nymphs from a common whitethroat (Sylvia communis ) in
2014 (S Hornok et al., 2013; S. Hornok et al., 2016)
Red crosses indicate origin of CCHFV seropositive blood donors collected
between 2008-2017 (Magyar et al., 2021)
Red dots indicate the origin of the two Hyalomma specimens of the
present study.