پديد آورندگان :
Metanat، Maliheh نويسنده , , Tabatabaei، Mehdi نويسنده Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran Tabatabaei, Mehdi , Afsharmanesh، Asma نويسنده Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran Afsharmanesh, Asma
چكيده لاتين :
Background: According to unpublished reports that there have been cases of relapsing fever in the years ago. We decided to determine prevalence of ticks-born relapsing fever in Chabahar.
Materials and Methods: This study conducted from March 2011 to February 2012, on all individuals suspected of malaria in Chabahar. The peripheral blood smears examined using a dark field microscope.
Results: A total of 12, 203 smears evaluated, of which, 5.7% of the patients confirmed to have malaria, but spirochetemia were not seen in any of the samples.
Conclusion: Our study showed that TBRF is not common in Chabahar city.
