title: Vector ecology and susceptibility in a malaria-endemic focus in southern Islamic Republic of Iran.
abstract: This study aimed to carry out a malaria situation analysis, species composition and susceptibility levels of the main malaria vector, Anopheles stephensi, to different insecticides in Bashagard. A longitudinal survey was conducted in 2 randomly selected villages in Bashagard. Malaria vectors were sampled by dipping method for the larvae and hand catch, night-biting catch, total catch, and shelter pit collection for the adults. Standard WHO susceptibility tests were used for a variety of insecticides on F1 progeny of An. stephensi reared from wild-caught females. In total, 693 adult anopheline mosquitoes and 839 third and fourth-instar larvae were collected and identified. They comprised 7 species; the most abundant adult and larvae anopheline mosquito was An. dthali (40.7% and 30.5% respectively). An. culicifacies (24.2%) and An. stephensi (16.7%) were the next most common species for adult mosquitoes. An. stephensi was fully susceptible to malathion and pyrethroid insecticides but resistant to DDT and tolerant to dieldrin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health & National Institute of Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soleimani-Ahmadi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vatandoost
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shaeghi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raeisi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abedi
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Eshraghian
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Madani
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Safari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shahi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mojahedi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Poorahmad-Garbandi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000469:parasitology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000469:parasitology*; D007305:Insecticide Resistance; D007306:Insecticides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D007814:Larva; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D009032:Mosquito Control
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides