Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus detected for the first time in free-living ticks in a periurban area of Ponferrada

A study detects the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in 10 of 95 ticks analyzed, none of the genus Hyalomma, captured in a periurban area of Ponferrada. In the region of El Bierzo (León), three clinical cases in humans have been reported since 2021, with one death, due to this disease.