Effect of Meteorological Factors on Hyalomma Species Composition and Their Host Preference, Seasonal Prevalence and Infection Status to Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever in Iran

• Main Authors: Nayyereh Choubdar (Author), Mohammad Ali Oshaghi (Author), Javad Rafinejad (Author), Mohammad Reza Pourmand (Author), Naseh Maleki-Ravasan (Author), Mostafa Salehi-Vaziri (Author), Zakkyeh Telmadarraiy (Author), Fateh Karimian (Author), Mona Koosha (Author), Abbas Rahimi-Foroushani (Author), Safdar Masoomi (Author), Kourosh Arzamani (Author), Jalil Nejati (Author), Mohsen Karami (Author), Ehsan Mozaffari (Author), Yaser Salim-Abadi (Author), Eslam Moradi-Asl (Author), Behrooz Taghilou (Author), Manouchehr Shirani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The impact of environmental factors and host on Hyalomma spp. community structure and abundance in the main Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) foci of Iran is largely unknown. Methods: Biotic and abiotic factors, including host, temperature, humidity, altitude, Köppen-Geiger climat...