Research Article
First Whole Genome Sequencing of Crimean–Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV) in Tick Species within Ghana
Table 1
Distribution of tick species and CCHFV detection.
| Tick species | Number of ticks, n (%) | CCHFV positive, n (%) |
| Hyalomma rufipes | 290 (41.1) | 2 (0.69) | Amblyomma variegatum | 157 (22.3) | 1 (0.64) | Hyalomma truncatum | 128 (18.2) | 1 (0.78) | Rhipicephalus spp. | 71 (10.1) | 0 (0.0) | Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) sp. | 58 (8.2) | 0 (0.0) | Rhipicephalus sanguineus (s.l) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | Total | 705 | 4 (0.6) |
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