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Composition of Anopheles Species Collected from Selected Malarious Areas of Afghanistan and Iran.

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: BACKGROUND: species composition in selected malarious areas of Afghanistan and Iran, providing further applied data for other research in two countries. METHODS: spp. were collected from four provinces in Afghanistan (Badakhshan, Herat, Kunduz, Nangarhar) by pyrethrum spray catch, hand collection methods through WHO/EMRO coordination and from Chabahar County in Iran by pyrethrum spray catch method. Identification was performed using reliable identification key. RESULTS: . The most prevalent species was CONCLUSION: infection in collected samples which is on process by the authors, also for effective implementation of evidence-based malaria vector intervention strategies.

Source: PubMed Central

Authors: Helen Hoosh-Deghati, Navid Dinparast-Djadid, Vahideh Moin-Vaziri, Hoda Atta, Abbas Ali Raz, Seyyed Javad Seyyed-Tabaei, Naseh Maleki-Ravasan, Hamzeh Alipour, Sedigheh Zakeri, Eznollah Azar-Gashb

Institutions: Pasteur Institute of Iran, Shahid Beheshti University, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Language: English

Topic: Malaria Research and Control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Zero hunger

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2620755344

FWCI: 1.281

Cites: 32

Cited by: 14

Related to: 10