title: Ecology of malaria vector Anopheles culicifacies in a malarious area of Sistan va Baluchestan province, south-east Islamic Republic of Iran.
abstract: A study was done of the bionomics, insecticide susceptibility and irritability status of Anopheles culicifacies in Sistan va Baluchestan province. Sampling was performed to determine the following parameters: species identification, seasonal activity, adult and larval susceptibility tests, irritability tests, anthropophily index and sporozoite rate. An. culicfacies adults were susceptible to all tested pyrethroid insecticides. An. culicfacies started to appear indoors in late May, showing 2 peaks in June and September. Fenitrothion, cyfluthrin and permethrin had the least irritancy effect and DDT the highest. Only 2/860 females tested were infected with Plasmodium spp. (sporozoite rate: 0.25%). ELISA testing of 250 blood meals derived from night-biting collections of female mosquitoes from humans and cows revealed that only 12.5% were human-fed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of lran. hvatandoost@yahoo.com
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vatandoost
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Emami
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Oshaghi
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Abai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raeisi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Piazzak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahmoodi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akbarzadeh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sartipi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000469:parasitology*; D004463:Ecology / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007306:Insecticides; D007492:Iran; D008288:Malaria / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides