德国和科索沃的科研机构正在合作监测和防控由蜱虫传播的克里米亚-刚果出血热病毒1。这种病毒属于第4类危险病原体，目前既无有效疫苗也无特异性治疗方法1。蜱虫曾主要分布在非洲、亚洲和南欧地区，但气候变化使其能够在更北方的地区存活1。
在科索沃的防控工作中已见成效。通过13年的公共教育、疫情监测和防控措施，科索沃的严重感染病例从前十年的约100例大幅下降至过去十年的仅5例1。科索沃农民因赤手清除动物身上的蜱虫而感染风险特别高1。德国政府生物安全项目自2013年开始为这一德国-科索沃合作项目提供资金支持1。
研究人员认为防控措施已显示显著成效，并计划将相关经验推广给其他欧洲国家1。值得注意的是，蜱虫已在法国被检测到，但目前尚无人类感染病例报告1。
Researchers from Germany and Kosovo have joined forces to monitor and combat the spread of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, a deadly virus transmitted by hard ticks.1 The partnership, supported by German government biosecurity funding since 2013, has demonstrated significant success in reducing severe infections in Kosovo—cases dropped from approximately 100 in the previous decade to just 5 in the past ten years.1 This decline underscores the effectiveness of their public education, surveillance, and prevention efforts, which researchers now plan to share with other European nations.1
The hard tick species that carries the virus was historically confined to Africa, Asia, and southern Europe, but climate change has enabled it to survive in more northern regions.1 Kosovo's farming communities face particularly high infection risks, as many farmers remove ticks from animals with bare hands.1 The virus itself presents a grave public health challenge: classified as a Level 4 pathogen, it lacks an effective vaccine and specific treatment options.1 Hard ticks have already been detected in France, though no human infections have been reported there so far.1
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