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Ecology, Monitoring and Mapping of Insecticide Resistance of Malaria Vector, Anopheles Culicifacies (Diptera: Culicidae) to Different Imagicides in Iran Publisher



Vatandoost H1 ; Hanafibojd AA1 ; Raeisi A2 ; Abai MR1 ; Nikpour F1
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  1. 1. Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Heath, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Institute for Environmental Research, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Malaria, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran

Source: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease Published:2017


Abstract

Objective: To work on bioecology and to monitor and map the insecticide resistance of malaria vector, Anopheles culicifacies (An. culicifacies) (Diptera: Culicidae) in Iran. Methods: Mosquitoes were collected from different breeding places in Sistan and Baluchistan Province and then reread at insectary. F1 generation was used for susceptibility tests. All the impregnated papers were provided by World Health Organization (WHO) and tests were carried out according to WHO guideline. Results: Results of adult susceptibility tests against female An. culicifecies revealed that this species was resistant to dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, dieldrin, tolerated to bendiocarb, propoxur and deltamethrin and susceptible to other imagicides recommended by WHO. An. culicifecies was resistant to organochlorine insecticides and tolerant to organophosphae, carbamate and pyrethroids. Conclusions: Results of the ecology and susceptibility status of malaria vectors will help authorities to make decision for vector control. More biomedical assays was required to found the mechanisms of insecticide resistance. © 2017 by the Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease.
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