Author/Authors :
Fazlalipour Mehdi نويسنده PhD student, Department of Virology , Mohsenpour Behzad نويسنده Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran , Baniasadi Vahid نويسنده Departments of Virology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, I.R. Iran. , Jalali Tahmineh نويسنده Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Laboratory (National Reference Lab), Pasteur Institute of
Iran, Tehran, Iran. Jalali Tahmineh , Khakifirouz Sahar نويسنده Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Laboratory (National Reference Lab), Pasteur Institute of
Iran, Tehran, Iran. Khakifirouz Sahar , Salehi-Vaziri Mostafa نويسنده Department of Virology, Institute Pasteur of Iran, Tehran,
IR Iran , Hosseini Motahareh نويسنده , Mohammadi Tahereh نويسنده Department of Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (National Ref Lab), Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, IR Iran , Azad-Manjiri Sanam نويسنده Department of Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (National Ref Lab), Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, IR Iran , Jamshidi Yasaman نويسنده Department of Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (National Ref Lab), Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, IR Iran , Azizizadeh Sara نويسنده Department of Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
(National Reference Laboratory), Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran,
IR Iran
Abstract :
Introduction Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a fatal
tick-borne viral zoonosis. CCHF virus (CCHFV) has 7 distinct genotypes
with a determined geographical distribution pattern. However, similar
genotypes have been reported from distant geographical areas. Case
Presentation On 4 June 2016, a CCHF suspected case from Sanandaj city,
Kurdistan province of Iran, was confirmed with CCHFV infection by RT-PCR
test. The phylogenetic analyses showed a strain belonging to Europe-1
genotype. Conclusions Considering the similarity of Iranian strain of
Europe-1 genotype to the strains from Turkey and Russia, it could be
claimed that Europe-1 genotype has introduced to Iran from European
countries. However, to have a better understanding about the circulation
of CCHFV Europe-1 genotype in Iran, further investigations should be
performed.
