title: Molecular detection of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in ticks collected from infested livestock populations in a New Endemic Area, South of Iran.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral zoonotic disease with potentially fatal systemic effects on man. We aimed to determine the presence of CCHF virus among collected ticks from domestic livestock from October 2012 to September 2013.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 1245 hard and soft ticks were collected from naturally infested ruminants in Marvdasht County, Fars Province, south of Iran. Nine tick species and one unidentified species in four disparate genera were detected. A total of 200 ticks were randomly selected and analysed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for the presence of CCHF virus genome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The viral genome was detected in 4.5% (9 samples) of the studied tick population. The infected ticks belonged to the species of Hyalomma marginatum' Hyalomma anatolicum and Rhipicephalus sanguineus. The viruses detected in these three tick species were clustered in the same lineage as Matin and SR3 strains in Pakistan and some other Iranian strains. These results indicate that the ticks were wildly infected with a genetically closely related CCHF virus in the region.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Regular controls and monitoring of livestock to reduce the dispersion of ticks and providing information to those involved in high-risk occupations are urgently required.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Farhadpour
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Telmadarraiy
authors.affiliation: National Reference Laboratory for Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers, Pasture Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chinikar
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akbarzadeh
authors.affiliation: Research Centre for Health Sciences, Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Moemenbellah-Fard
authors.affiliation: Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Faghihi
authors.affiliation: Research Centre for Health Sciences, Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Fakoorziba
authors.affiliation: National Reference Laboratory for Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers, Pasture Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jalali
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mostafavi
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Department of Virology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shahhosseini
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohammadian
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000469:parasitology / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats / Q000469:parasitology / Q000821:virology; D003225:Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D006479:Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D058751:Livestock / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D048508:Rhipicephalus sanguineus / Q000821:virology; D012756:Sheep / Q000469:parasitology / Q000821:virology; D013987:Ticks / Q000821:virology*
keywords: Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever; FHCC; Fars Province; Iran; Irán; garrapatas; province de Fars; provincia de Fars; ticks; tiques