Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever: A molecular survey on hard ticks (Ixodidae) in Yazd province, Iran

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-63

  Yaser, Salim Abadi ^a   Sadegh, Chinikar ^b   Zakkyeh, Telmadarraiy ^a   Vatandoost, Hassan ^a   Maryam, Moradi ^b   Ali, Oshaghi Mohammad ^a   Mojtaba, Ghiasi Seyed ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

CCHF; Iran; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM; HYALOMMA ASIATICUM; HYALOMMA DETRITUM; HYALOMMA DROMEDARII; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IRAN; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TICK; VIRUS GENOME;

ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; IRAN; IXODIDAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIROLOGY;

EID: 78651429932     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60034-5     Document Type: Article

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