Serum samples from sheep in localities situated in the county of Tulcea, Northern Dobrogea, were tested with an IgG sandwich ELISA using a recombinant Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) antigen. In all, 131 sera out of 471 tested (27.8%) had IgG antibodies specific to CCHFV. This is the first evidence for the circulation of CCHFV virus in Romania.
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