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Review
. 2024 May:225:105844.
doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2024.105844. Epub 2024 Feb 29.

Third International Conference on Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Thessaloniki, Greece, September 19-21, 2023

Stephen R Welch  1 , Aura R Garrison  2 , Dennis A Bente  3 , Felicity Burt  4 , Jake D'Addiego  5 , Stephanie Devignot  6 , Stuart Dowall  5 , Kerstin Fischer  7 , David W Hawman  8 , Roger Hewson  5 , Ali Mirazimi  6 , Lisa Oestereich  9 , Zati Vatansever  10 , Jessica R Spengler  11 , Anna Papa  12
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Third International Conference on Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Thessaloniki, Greece, September 19-21, 2023

Stephen R Welch et al. Antiviral Res. 2024 May.

Abstract

The Third International Conference on Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) was held in Thessaloniki, Greece, September 19-21, 2023, bringing together a diverse group of international partners, including public health professionals, clinicians, ecologists, epidemiologists, immunologists, and virologists. The conference was attended by 118 participants representing 24 countries and the World Health Organization (WHO). Meeting sessions covered the epidemiology of CCHF in humans; Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) in ticks; wild and domestic animal hosts; molecular virology; pathogenesis and animal models; immune response related to therapeutics; and CCHF prevention in humans. The concluding session focused on recent WHO recommendations regarding disease prevention, control strategies, and innovations against CCHFV outbreaks. This meeting report summarizes lectures by the invited speakers and highlights advances in the field.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Figure 1.. Participants of the Third International Conference on Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Thessaloniki, Greece, September 19–21, 2023.
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