The most ticks were collected in the villages of Dozduzan 123 (6.43%), Sharbian 120 (6.28%), Mehraban 117 (6.12%), Kelian 107 (5.6%), Ardha 106 (5.54%) and Mahin Bijand 101 (5.3%) and the lowest in Dichan village 47 (2.45%). In Mehraban district the highest spatial dispersion as well as the highest density of hard and soft tick species were found.

The findings of the interpolation study (IDW) revealed that there was a large hotspot area in the central part and a small hotspot in the northwestern part of the county of Sarab in terms of tick abundance, both of which were high-risk areas in the Mehraban region with 4596 and 1150 households in population. (Figure 1).