Mohammadian Maria, Chinikar Sadegh, Telmadarraiy Zakkyeh, Vatandoost Hassan, Oshaghi Mohammad Ali, Hanafi-Bojd Ahmad Ali, Sedaghat Mohammad Mehdi, Noroozi Mehdi, Faghihi Faezeh, Jalali Tahmineh, Khakifirouz Sahar, Shahhosseini Nariman, Farhadpour Firoozeh
Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Laboratory (National Reference Laboratory), Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
J Arthropod Borne Dis. 2016 Jan 6;10(3):381-91. eCollection 2016 Sep.
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 domestic and wild animals are regarded as reservoir hosts. This study was conducted to determine the infection rate of CCHF virus in hard ticks of Sarpole-Zahab County, Kermanshah province, west of Iran.
From total number of 851 collected ticks from 8 villages, 131 ticks were selected randomlyand investigated for detection of CCHF virus using RT-PCR.
The virus was found in 3.8% of the tested ticks. Hyalommaanatolicum, H. asiaticum and Rhipicephalus sanguineus species were found to have viral infection, with the highest infection rate (11.11%) in Rh. sanguineus.
These findings provide epidemiological evidence for planning control strategies of the disease in the study area.
克里米亚-刚果出血热（CCHF）是一种发热性出血疾病，在伊朗部分地区流行，由一种与布尼亚病毒科内罗病毒属相关的虫媒病毒引起。自然界中主要的病毒储存宿主是蜱虫，不过小型脊椎动物以及多种家养和野生动物也被视为储存宿主。本研究旨在确定伊朗西部克尔曼沙阿省萨尔波勒-扎哈卜县硬蜱中CCHF病毒的感染率。
从8个村庄采集的851只蜱虫中随机选取131只，采用逆转录聚合酶链反应（RT-PCR）检测CCHF病毒。
在3.8%的受试蜱虫中发现了该病毒。发现亚洲璃眼蜱、亚洲长角璃眼蜱和血红扇头蜱感染了病毒，其中血红扇头蜱的感染率最高（11.11%）。
这些发现为制定研究区域内该疾病的控制策略提供了流行病学依据。
