Open AccessMolecular Evaluation of the Novel Coronavirus Infection of Cockroaches and Flies Collected from Kamkar-Arabnia Hospital in Qom City, Central Iran: with Innovated Internal Control
Author(s) -
Reza Fotouhi-Ardakani,
Majid Kababian,
Abedin Saghafipour,
Melika Alirezaei,
Hassan Vatandoost
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of arthropod-borne diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.493
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2322-2271
pISSN - 2322-1984
DOI - 10.18502/jad.v15i4.10500
Subject(s) - cockroach , coronavirus , biology , virology , sewerage , veterinary medicine , covid-19 , medicine , ecology , environmental engineering , environmental science , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Due to the confirmation of the presence of the novel coronavirus in the feces and municipal sewerage system, and the feeding of domestic insects from fecal matter, as well as the ability of these insects to mechanically transmit microbes from the sewerage system. This study was aimed at molecular evaluation of the novel coronavirus infection isolated on cockroaches and flies collected from Kamkar-Arabnia Hospital in Qom City, Iran.