Potential Roles of Arthropods for Transmission of Coronavirus (COVID-۱۹)

Since the emergence of the new coronavirus (COVID- ۱۹) in December ۲۰۱۹ in Wuhan, China, this viral disease pathogenesis and epidemiology have been under investigation. The researchers surveyed the diversity of coronaviruses, including SARS Co-V, MERS-CoV, and SARS CoV-۲ (۱). Following the worldwide distribution, increasing patients confirmed positive, the high mortality rate due to acute pneumonia or other complications, this novel coronavirus has been of great international concern based on WHO announcement. At present, it is evident that COVID- ۱۹ is transmitted through respiratory droplets and close contact and possibly the other routes. If the transmission routes can be identified, it will be controlled more effectively. For instance, the potential roles of various arthropod species, including ticks, mites, mosquitoes, flies, and cockroaches, could be of high consideration. Arthropod-borne diseases such as Crimean- Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), Powassan virus (POWV), Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus, yellow fever, and dengue fever are caused due to transmission of Arboviruses either from reservoir host or infected person to human. Indeed, these viral diseases are a considerable fraction of the infectious disease burden in the world. Thus, it could be mentioned that there has been a global threat of emergence or re-emergence of Vector-Borne Diseases caused by arboviruses (۱, ۲).

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COVID-۱۹ ، MERS-CoV ، SARS CoV-۲