Molecular Assay on Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ticks (Ixodidae) Collected from Kermanshah Province, Western Iran

Molecular Assay on Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ticks (Ixodidae) Collected from Kermanshah Province, Western Iran

Background: Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is a feverous and hemorrhagic disease endemic in some parts of Iran and caused by an arbovirus related to Bunyaviridae family and Nairovirusgenus. The main virus reser­voir in the nature is ticks, however small vertebrates and a wide range of domes...

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Main Authors: Maria Mohammadian, Sadegh Chinikar, Zakkyeh Telmadarraiy, Hassan Vatandoost, Mohammad Ali Oshaghi, Ahmad Ali Hanafi-Bojd, Mohammad Mehdi Sedaghat, Mehdi Noroozi, Faezeh Faghihi, Tahmineh Jalali, Sahar Khakifirouz, Nariman Shahhosseini, Firoozeh Farhadpour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016-06-01
Series:Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases
Subjects:
Ixodidae
CCHFV
Kermanshah
Iran
Online Access:https://jad.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jad/article/view/320

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