title: Phylogeny of tick-derived Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus strains in Iran.
abstract: The presence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) in Iran was assessed by collecting ticks from Golpayegan, Isfahan Province. Real time RT-PCR was used to detect the CCHFV RNA in the tick population and the origins of the viral sequences were determined. The CCHFV RNA was detected in 5.2% of 492 ticks collected from livestock in different regions of Golpayegan. The tick species that tested positive for the presence of CCHFV RNA included Hyalomma, Rhipicephalus and Haemaphysalis species. Phylogenetic analysis using the partial S-segment indicated that eight sequences clustered in clade IV (Asia-1) and three other sequences aligned within clade VI (Europe) with other CCHFV strains from Kosovo (Kosova1917) and Russia (Kashmanov).
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Modern Medical Science, Biology Biosystematic department, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Science Branch, Iran. Electronic address: peyvand@pasteur.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Peyvand
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Biglari
authors.affiliation: Pasteur Institute of Iran, Iran.
authors.forename: Sadegh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chinikar
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Modern Medical Science, Biology Biosystematic department, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Science Branch, Iran.
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Belqeiszadeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Zakkyeh
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Telmadarraiy
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ehsan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mostafavi
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary, Tehran University, Iran.
authors.forename: Masoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghaffari
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Clinical Laboratory Science, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch, Iran.
authors.forename: Siavash
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Javaherizadeh
authors.affiliation: Institute of Virology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nowotny
authors.affiliation: Wildlife Zoonoses and Vector-borne Diseases Research Group, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK; Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Anthony R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Fooks
authors.affiliation: Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Hemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Bernhard Nocht Strasse 74, Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address: shahhosseini@bnitm.de.
authors.forename: Nariman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shahhosseini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014644:Genetic Variation; D003225:Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / Q000235:genetics*; D007492:Iran; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000821:virology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012621:Seasons
keywords: CCHFV; Golpayegan; Haemaphysalis; Hyalomma; Iran; Rhipicephalus; Tick; Virus