Table 3.
Epidemiology of F. tularensis among animal specimens according to genus and species
| Authors, publication year, reference | |||||||
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| Animal samples | S. Esmaeili 2021, 18 |
B. Pourhossein 2015. 19 |
E. Mostafavi 2016., 20 |
Ehsan mostafavi 2018, 21 |
M.Hemati 2020, 23 |
M.Rahravani 2022, 26 |
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| Genus and species of | Rodents (NO) | 9 sample collected: Microtus socialis (1), Microtus socialis (2), Microtus mystacinus(1), Dryomys nitedula (1), Apodemus witherbyi (2), Arvicola persicus (1) Meriones persicus (1). |
9 sample collected: Tatera indica (Indian gerbil) |
245 sample collected; most of them contained Apodemus (Apodemus witherbyi, 40%) Mus (Mus macedonicus2, 4.5%) Meriones (M. persicus, 12.6%) |
140 sample rodents the most common: 30 Microtus paradoxus (21%), 17 Apodemus witherbyi (12%), 16 Microtus irani (11%), 15 Mus musculus (11%), 14 Microtus socialis (10%). |
433 sample collected: Meriones persicus (327), Meriones libycus(44), Meriones vinogradovi (24), Ellobius lutescens (13), Microtus qazvinensis (8), Spermophilus fulvus (7), Meriones tristrami (5) Arvicola persicus (2), Calomyscus elburzensis Isatissus(2), Mus musculus domesticus (1) |
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| Fleas (NO) | - | 48 fleas: Xenopsylla spp |
153 fleas: X. buxtoni (123), Paraceras melis melis (11), Ctenophthalmus iranus persicus (11), Leptopsylla segnis (6),Parodoxopsyllus microphtalmus (1), Ctenophthalmus rettigi smiti (1) | — | — | — | |
| Mite (NO) | — | — | 37 mites: Eulaelaps stabularis (15), Haemolaeps glasgowi (13), Laelaps nuttalli (6), Echinolaelaps echidninus (2), Dermanyssus sanguineous (1). |
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| Ticks (NO) | — | 10 ticks: Hyalomma genus |
54 ticks: Haemaphysalis spp. (35), Hyalomma spp. (19). |
— | — | 244 ticks collected: Dermacentor marginatus (164), Rhipicephalus turanicus (30), Rhipicephalus sanguineus (26), Haemaphysalis concinna (24) |
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| Hares (NO) | — | — | 51 hares were collected: 29 Lepus europaeus (57%), 7 Lepus tolai (14%) and 15 Lepus sp. (29%) |
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| Insectivores (NO) | — | — | — | 17 insectivores were collected: 14 Crocidura suaveolens (82%), 3 C. leucodo (18%) |
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| Result | One Microtus socialis out of nine captured rodents was positive for ISFtu2 elements and fopA gene. | serum agglutination test was positive for tularemia in one of the rodents | Serological tests were positive for tularemia in 4.8% of trapped rodents. | Three rodents (Apodemus uralensis, Musmusculus domesticus, and Chionomys nivalis) and two hares (L. europaeus and a Lepus sp.) were positive for F. tularensis. | 8 cases were positive (M. persicus = 6, one M. libycus = 1, and M. vinogradovi = 1) | 2 tick samples was positive Both ticks were classified as male D. marginatus |
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