Crimean—Congo hemorrhagic fever:a molecular survey on hard ticks(Ixodidae) in Yazd province,Iran

作     者：Salim Abadi Yaser Chinikar Sadegh Telmadarraiy Zakkyeh Vatandoost Hassan Moradi Maryam Oshaghi Mohammad Ali Ghiasi Seyed Mojtaba 

作者机构：Department of Medical Entomology and Vector ControlSchool of Public HealthTehran University of Medical SciencesIran Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Laboratory(National Reference Laboratory)Pasteur Institute of Iran 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine》 (亚太热带医药杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2011年第4卷第1期

页      面：61-63页

核心收录：

学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：supported by Tehran University of Medical Sciences grant No.10446 

主　　题：CCHF Ticks Iran 

摘      要：Objective:To determine the rate of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus(CCHFV) infection in hard ticks(Ixodidae) in Yazd province of ***:A molecular survey on hard ticks (Ixodidae) was conducted in Yazd province during 2008 -2009.A total of 140 hard ticks(three genera and 7 species) were collected from randomly selected villages and were exanimate for presence of CCHFV reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) ***: CCHFV genome was found in 5.71%of hard *** positive ticks were from Hyalomma genus. Positive ticks including:Hyalomma dromedarii,Hyalomma marginatum,Hyalomma anatolicum, Hyalomma detritum,Hyalomma *** were not able to find virus in in Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Dermacentor *** exhibited that Hyalomma is the main vector in the study ***:Due to the presence of virus in 24 provinces’ out of 31,we recommend the use of acaricides and repellent to prevent disease transmission among humans. Greta care should be taken by the people who are working in slaughter houses.