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Larval Habitats Characteristics of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in North-East of Iran.

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: BACKGROUND: There are unorganized, published documents about the ecology of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in northeastern part of Iran. The purpose of this study was to determine the distribution and characteristics of larval habitats of Culicidae in Kalaleh County. METHODS: Larvae were collected using dipping method and adults by human landing catch technique during April-October, 2012. Larval habitat characteristics were recorded such as vegetation status, and sunlight, water situation. Lacto-phenol and de Faure's media were used for conserving and mounting samples. Data were analyzed using SPSS statistical software, version 11.5. RESULTS: were reported to have had the lowest frequency CONCLUSION: species complex using molecular and morphological analysis in the future.

Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)

Authors: Aioub Sofizadeh, Seyed Hassan Moosa-Kazemi, Hossein Dehghan

Institutions: Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Malaria Research and Control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2499881125

FWCI: 2.049

Cites: 41

Cited by: 12

Related to: 10