A Molecular Screening of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for Flaviviruses in a Focus of West Nile Virus Infection in Northern Iran

• Main Authors: Vahideh Moin-Vaziri (Author), Remi N Charrel (Author), Mehdi Badakhshan (Author), Xavier de Lamballerie (Author), Nourina Rahbarian (Author), Mulood Mohammadi Bavani (Author), Shahyad Azari-Hamidian (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Mosquito-borne arboviruses such as West Nile (WN), dengue, Rift Valley fever, and Sindbis viruses are reported in Iran, but large-scale studies have not been performed on mosquitoes to find their vectors. A molecular study of the adult mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for flaviviruses was...