title: The investigation of highly pathogenic viruses in Kazakhstan
abstract: BackgroundKazakhstan consists of favorable conditions for different vector transmitted infectious diseases such as Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF).Up to 50 cases of TBE and 10 cases of CCHF are registered annually.Due to the lack of diagnostics approaches in remote areas many cases remain undiagnosed and the correct case numbers could be higher.With this study project I claimed to understand the infection rate of TBEV and CCHFV in ticks, to identify the c
journal: Electronic Theses of LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)