Extensive Surveillance of Mosquitoes and molecular investigation of Arboviruses in central Iran; First Record of Molecular Identification of Culex tarsalis in Qom Province
Fatemeh Abedi-Astaneh, Hedaiatollah Raoofi Rad, Mohammad Hassan Pouriayevali, Tahmineh Jalali, Hassan Izanlou, Seyed Abbas Hosseinalipour, Amir Hamta, Mohammad Es’haghieh, Mahdi Ebrahimi, Mohammad Ali Ansari-Cheshmeh, Mostafa Salehi-Vaziri, Asghar Talbalaghi, Ebrahim Abbasi
The study surveys mosquitoes and investigates arboviruses in Qom, Iran, identifying Culex tarsalis for the first time in the country but finding no arbovirus infections.
bioRxiv · Aug 6, 2024 · PreprintMolecular Biology