Distribution of Soft Ticks and Their Natural Infection with Borrelia in a Focus of Relapsing Fever in Iran

• Main Authors: Z Aghighi (Author), M Assmar (Author), N Piazak (Author), E Javadian (Author), MA Seyedi Rashti (Author), EB Kia (Author), Y Rassi (Author), H Vatandoost (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Tick-borne diseases such as relapsing fever and Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) are of public health impor¬tance in Iran. There are 471 reported cases of relapsing fever in 2003, according to the Ministry of Health of Iran.The num¬ber of cases has been increased in recent years. Its distribut...