ReviewEpidemiology and health2015
Tularemia, a re-emerging infectious disease in Iran and neighboring countrie.
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- Epidemiology of tularemia in the countries of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO): A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Pooled it
- First molecular detection ofVeterinary and animal science · 2025Article
- Microbial richness and air chemistry in aerosols above the PBL confirm 2,000-km long-distance transport of potential human pathogens.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Identifying key soil characteristics for Francisella tularensis classification with optimized Machine learning models.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Molecular investigation of Coxiella burnetii and Francisella tularensis infection in ticks in northern, western, and northwestern Iran.PloS one · 2023Article
- Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2001-2018.International journal of health policy and management · 2022Review
- A Review on Important Zoonotic Bacterial Tick-Borne Diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.Journal of arthropod-borne diseases · 2021Review
- Francisella tularensis human infections in a village of northwest Iran.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Tularemia: a re-emerging tick-borne infectious disease.Folia microbiologica · 2021Review
- Genetic Determinants of Antibiotic Resistance inFrontiers in microbiology · 2021Review
- Tularemia as a Mosquito-Borne Disease.Microorganisms · 2020Review
- Seroepidemiology, Spatial Distribution, and Risk Factors ofThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
- Epidemiological survey of tularemia in Ilam Province, west of Iran.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- A case report of human tularemia from Iran.Iranian journal of microbiology · 2018Article
- Rodent-borne diseases and their public health importance in Iran.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Review
- The fauna and perspective of rodentia ectoparasites in Iran relying on their roles within public health and veterinary characteristics.Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2018Review
- Re-emerging Tularemia in Some Middle East Countries: What Are the Reasons?Iranian journal of public health · 2018Article
- Molecular Survey of Tularemia and Plague in Small Mammals From Iran.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2018Article
- Respiratory Tularemia:The open microbiology journal · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectivesTularemia is a zoonotic disease transmitted by direct contact with infected animals and through arthropod bites, inhalation of contaminated aerosols, ingestion of contaminated meat or water, and skin contact with any infected material. It is widespread throughout the northern hemisphere, including Iran and its neighbors to the north, northeast, and northwest.
methodsIn this paper, the epidemiology of tularemia as a re-emerging infectious disease in the world with a focus on Iran and the neighboring countries is reviewed.
resultsIn Iran, positive serological tests were first reported in 1973, in wildlife and domestic livestock in the northwestern and southeastern parts of the country. The first human case was reported in 1980 in the southwest of Iran, and recent studies conducted among at-risk populations in the western, southeastern, and southwestern parts of Iran revealed seroprevalences of 14.4, 6.52, and 6%, respectively.
conclusionsSeveral factors may explain the absence of reported tularemia cases in Iran since 1980. Tularemia may be underdiagnosed in Iran because Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica is likely to be the major etiological agent and usually causes mild to moderately severe disease. Furthermore, tularemia is not a disease extensively studied in the medical educational system in Iran, and empirical therapy may be effective in many cases. Finally, it should be noted that laboratories capable of diagnosing tularemia have only been established in the last few years. Since both recent and older studies have consistently found tularemia antibodies in humans and animals, the surveillance of this disease should receive more attention. In particular, it would be worthwhile for clinical researchers to confirm tularemia cases more often by isolating F. tularensis from infected humans and animals.
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