Title of article :
Investigation of Tick- and Mosquito-Borne Flaviviruses in Blacksea Region
Author/Authors :
ALBAYRAK, Harun Ondokuz Mayis University - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Department of Virology, Turkey , OZAN, Emre Veterinary Control Institute - Virology Laboratory, Turkey , CAVUNT, Abdullah Veterinary Control Institute - Virology Laboratory, Turkey , KADİ, Hamza Veterinary Control Institute - Virology Laboratory, Turkey , KURT, Mitat Veterinary Control Institute - Parasitology Laboratory, Turkey , BOLUKBASİ, Cenk Ondokuz Mayis University - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Department of Parasitology, Turkey , PEKMEZCİ, Zafer Ondokuz Mayis University - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Department of Parasitology, Turkey , KAYA, Selma Veterinary Control Institute - Parasitology Laboratory, Turkey
Abstract :
Species within the Flavivirus genus pose public health problems around the world. Increasing cases of Dengue and Japanese encephalistis virus in Asia, frequent outbreaks of Yellow fever virus in Africa and South America, and the ongoing spread of West Nile virus throughout the America, show the geographical burden of flavivirus diseases. In this study, a total of 2340 adult ticks (675 hard tick pools) collected from the variety of mammalian species (cattle, sheep, goat and buffalo) and 3226 mosquitoes (142 mosquito pools) including Culex spp., Anopheles spp., Aedes spp., and Culicoides spp., trapped in Blacksea region of northern Turkey were surveyed for the presence of RNA from mosquito-borne flaviviruses (MBFV) and tick-borne flaviviruses (TBFV) by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay. No flavivirus genomic RNA was detected in these samples. This is the first study about both the TBFV and MBFV infections in Turkey.
Keywords :
Mosquito , RT , PCR , Tick , Turkey , Vector , borne flavivirus.
Journal title :
Atatürk University Journal Of Veterinary Sciences
Journal title :
Atatürk University Journal Of Veterinary Sciences
