Poudat Abbas, Edalat Hamideh, Zaim Morteza, Rezaei Farhad, Salim Abadi Yaser, Basseri Hamid Reza
Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, International Campus, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Hormozgan Health Institute, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
Iran J Public Health. 2023 Apr;52(4):809-817. doi: 10.18502/ijph.v52i4.12454.
West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne virus that causes a febrile disease and may cause a fatal neurological illness in humans. We aimed to investigate the geographic distribution of Culicinae mosquitoes and their possible infection with WNV in Hormozgan Province, southern Iran.
Field studies were carried out from June 2017 to May 2019. Different mosquito sampling methods were used monthly to collect mosquitoes from 22 sites. The Real-Time PCR technique was used to detect the virus infection in the mosquitoes.
Overall, 6165 mosquitoes were caught. The species were (33.25%), (20.45%), (10.51%), (6.33%), . (5.82%), . (4.10%), . (3.62%), . (3.29%), (2.81%), . (2.03%), (1.95%), . (1.49%), (1.38%), . (1.27%), . (1.14%), and . (0.57%). The molecular detection of virus infection in mosquitoes found to be negative for WNV.
The presence of many species of mosquito vectors and high population traffic increase the risk of disease transmission is very high. Therefore, the way to restrict WNV infection factors is increasing the knowledge for personal protection measures to prevent mosquito bites.
西尼罗河病毒(WNV)是一种由蚊子传播的病毒,可引起发热性疾病,并可能导致人类致命的神经系统疾病。我们旨在调查伊朗南部霍尔木兹甘省库蚊亚科蚊子的地理分布及其感染WNV的可能性。
于2017年6月至2019年5月进行实地研究。每月使用不同的蚊子采样方法从22个地点收集蚊子。采用实时荧光定量PCR技术检测蚊子中的病毒感染情况。
共捕获6165只蚊子。其种类有(33.25%)、(20.45%)、(10.51%)、(6.33%)、。(5.82%)、。(4.10%)、。(3.62%)、。(3.29%)、(2.81%)、。(2.03%)、(1.95%)、。(1.49%)、(1.38%)、。(1.27%)、。(1.14%)和。(0.57%)。蚊子病毒感染的分子检测结果显示WNV呈阴性。
多种蚊媒的存在以及高人口流动使得疾病传播风险非常高。因此,限制WNV感染因素的方法是增加个人防护措施以防止蚊虫叮咬的知识。