considering the importance of ticks in terms of the spread of diseases among camels, various types of ticks in zabol were studied. during this study which started at february of 2006 till july of 2007, 260 camels were selected randomly from 5 regions. the breeds of camels were camelus dromedary (imported from afghanistan). in this study the genus and species of 331 ticks were diagnosed. the res...

background tick paralysis is a disease of human and animals characterized by an acute ascending flaccid motor paralysis. the condition may terminate fatally unless the tick(s) are removed before respiratory paralysis occurs. patient a 48 years old female was referred to a clinic in tehran with edema at the head and neck regions. she had fever and disequilibrium. she reported a travel to mountai...

References 1. Raoult D, Roux V. Rickettsioses as paradigms of new or emerging infectious diseases. Fuente J, et al. Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) and European wild boar (Sus scrofa) from Spain: geographical and temporal distribution. Raoult D. Proposal to create subspecies of Rickettsia conorii based on multi-locus sequence typing and an emend...

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overall 1906 adult ticks, as well as their nymphs and larvae were collected from the body surface of cattle in the animal husbandries located in north, north-east, south and south-west of ahwaz area, khoozestan, iran, during 1991-1993. the identified adult ticks were hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum (c.l.koch, 1844), hyalomma anatolicum excavatum (c.l. koch, 1844), boophilus annulatus (say, 1821)...

To the Editor: Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever, a tick-borne illness caused by Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), is endemic to Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East, and parts of Asia. The hard ticks (Ixodidae), especially those of the genus Hyalomma, serve as reservoirs and vectors for CCHFV, and a variety of animals, such as cattle, sheep, and camels, are considered amplifying hos...