Epidemiological evidence of mosquito-borne viruses among persons and vectors in Iran: A study from North to South

Virol Sin. 2022 Feb;37(1):149-152. doi: 10.1016/j.virs.2022.01.005. Epub 2022 Jan 13.

¹ Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 14156446, Iran.
² Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 14156446, Iran. Electronic address: rezaie@tums.ac.ir.
³ Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 14156446, Iran.
⁴ The Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, 7514763448, Iran.
⁵ Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada.
⁶ Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Hormozgan Health Institute, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, 7919693116, Iran.
⁷ School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, 4188794755, Iran.

Abstract

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The overall seroprevalence of DENV, WNV and CHIKV in Iran were 5.9%, 18.8% and 1.8% between 2017 and 2018.
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No proof of viral RNAs was presence in vectors.
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Gilan and Hormozgan were high risk regions and the elderlies were at higher risk of infection by WNV and CHIKV.