title: Mapping the potential distribution of the principal vector of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus <i>Hyalomma marginatum</i> in Europe
abstract: Abstract Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is the most widely distributed tick-borne viral disease in humans. The virus is widely expanded across western China, South Asia, and the Middle East to southeastern Europe and Africa. Its causative agent, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), is among the deadliest human pathogens in Africa and Eurasia. The historical known distribution of the CCHFV vector Hyalomma marginatum in Europe included most of the Mediterranean and the Balkan c
journal: bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)