TY - JOUR
T1 - Molecular detection of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus in ticks from southeastern Iran
AU - Mehravaran, Ahmad
AU - Moradi, Maryam
AU - Telmadarraiy, Zakyeh
AU - Mostafavi, Ehsan
AU - Moradi, Ali Reza
AU - Khakifirouz, Sahar
AU - Shah-Hosseini, Nariman
AU - Varaie, Fereshteh Sadat Rasi
AU - Jalali, Tahmineh
AU - Hekmat, Soheila
AU - Ghiasi, Seyed Mojtaba
AU - Chinikar, Sadegh
N1 - Copyright © 2012 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus is a tick-borne member of the genus Nairovirus, family Bunyaviridae. CCHF virus has been isolated from at least 31 different species of ticks. The virus is transmitted through the bite of an infected tick or by direct contact with CCHF virus-infected patients or the products of infected livestock. This study was conducted to determine the rate of CCHF virus infection in ticks in the district of Zahedan, in the province of Sistan and Baluchistan, southeastern Iran. A total of 140 ticks were collected from Sistan and Baluchistan. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used for the detection of the CCHF virus genome in the tick population. This genome was detected in 4.3% of ticks collected from livestock of different regions of Zahedan. The infected tick genera belonged to Hyalomma and Haemaphysalis. Although in the epidemiology of CCHF virus Hyalomma ticks are considered to be the most important vectors and reservoirs, the virus has also been reported to occur in other genera of ticks, which conforms to the current data in our study from Sistan and Baluchistan. Given that animals are common hosts for Hyalomma and Haemaphysalis, regular monitoring programmes for livestock should be applied for CCHF virus control.
AB - Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus is a tick-borne member of the genus Nairovirus, family Bunyaviridae. CCHF virus has been isolated from at least 31 different species of ticks. The virus is transmitted through the bite of an infected tick or by direct contact with CCHF virus-infected patients or the products of infected livestock. This study was conducted to determine the rate of CCHF virus infection in ticks in the district of Zahedan, in the province of Sistan and Baluchistan, southeastern Iran. A total of 140 ticks were collected from Sistan and Baluchistan. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used for the detection of the CCHF virus genome in the tick population. This genome was detected in 4.3% of ticks collected from livestock of different regions of Zahedan. The infected tick genera belonged to Hyalomma and Haemaphysalis. Although in the epidemiology of CCHF virus Hyalomma ticks are considered to be the most important vectors and reservoirs, the virus has also been reported to occur in other genera of ticks, which conforms to the current data in our study from Sistan and Baluchistan. Given that animals are common hosts for Hyalomma and Haemaphysalis, regular monitoring programmes for livestock should be applied for CCHF virus control.
KW - Animals
KW - Arachnid Vectors
KW - Female
KW - Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo
KW - Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean
KW - Iran
KW - Male
KW - Species Specificity
KW - Ticks
U2 - 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.06.006
DO - 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.06.006
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23238248
SN - 1877-959X
VL - 4
SP - 35
EP - 38
JO - Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
JF - Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
IS - 1-2
ER -