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Table 3 Overview of samples positive for the CCHFV genome by RT-PCR

From: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in tortoises and Hyalomma aegyptium ticks in East Thrace, Turkey: potential of a cryptic transmission cycle

Site No.

Sample No.

Date

Origin of the positive samples

Screened samples/pools from the positive origins

Result

2

6

June 2016

T. graeca (♂)

5N

+

3M, 1F

–

7

T. graeca (♀)

2F

+

2N

–

5

11

May 2017

T. graeca (♀)

Blood

–

3F

–

19M

+

6

14

May 2017

T. graeca (♀)

Blood

+

8M

–

5F

–

18

T. graeca (♀)

Blood

–

21M

+

7

20

May 2017

T. graeca (♀)

Blood

–

3F

+

12M

–

23

July 2016

T. graeca (♀)

3M

+

5N

+

24

T. graeca (♀)

1F

+

13N

–

2L

–

25

April 2018

T. graeca (♀)

3M

+

26

T. graeca (♂)

3M, 2F

+

27

T. graeca (♀)

1M

+

28

T. graeca (♂)

3M

+

28

44

July 2017

T. hermanni (♀)

Blood

+

1F

–

15L

–

32

48

July 2017

T. hermanni (♀)

8N

+

20

54

June 2016

Field (questing, unfed ticks)

1M

+

1F

+

4Ma

–

2Fa

–

  1. aTick samples that were screened individually for the presence of the CCHFV genome
  2. Abbreviations: M, male; F, female; N, nymph; L, larva; +, RT-PCR positive; –, RT-PCR negative