A detailed review of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Iran and their medical and veterinary importance

S Azari-Hamidian, B Norouzi, RE Harbach - Acta tropica, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) are the most significant arthropods of medical
importance because of the burden of diseases, such as malaria, encephalitis and filariasis …

Zika; a continuous global threat to public health

SH Nikookar, M Fazeli-Dinan, A Enayati, M Zaim - Environmental Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Zika virus is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, especially, Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus.
About 80% of the cases do not manifest any symptoms, and it is a self-limiting, mild viral …

Spatio—temporal distribution of malaria vectors (Diptera: Culicidae) across different climatic zones of Iran

AA Hanafi-Bojd, S Azari-Hamidian, V Hassan… - Asian Pacific Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Malaria is a main vector-borne public health problem in Iran. The last studies on Iranian
mosquitoes show 31 Anopheles species including different sibling species and genotypes …

[HTML][HTML] Mansonia uniformis (Diptera: Culicidae), a genus and species new to southwestern Asia, with a review of its medical and veterinary importance

S Azari-Hamidian, MR Abai, B Norouzi - Zootaxa, 2020 - mapress.com
Seven genera and more than 98 species of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) are found in
southwestern Asia (Harbach 1988). The most recent checklist of Iranian mosquitoes …

Vector-borne diseases in Iran: epidemiology and key challenges

N Parhizgari, N Piazak, E Mostafavi - Future Microbiology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Vector-borne diseases have become a global health concern in recent decades as a result
of global warming, globalization, growth in international trade and travel, use of insecticide …

Predicting environmentally suitable areas for Anopheles superpictus Grassi (sl), Anopheles maculipennis Meigen (sl.) and Anopheles sacharovi Favre (Diptera …

AA Hanafi-Bojd, MM Sedaghat, H Vatandoost… - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Background Malaria is an important mosquito-borne disease, transmitted to humans by
Anopheles mosquitoes. The aim of this study was to gather all records of three main malaria …

Geometric Morphometric Wing Analysis of Avian Malaria Vector, Culiseta longiareolata, from Two Locations in Algeria

M Boumaza, B Merabti, Y Adjami, ML Ouakid… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Culiseta longiareolata (Macquart 1838) is a cosmopolitan mosquito
species and is considered to be an important vector in the transmission of avian malaria …

[HTML][HTML] A pictorial key for Culex pipiens complex (Diptera: Culicidae) in Iran

H Dehghan, J Sadraei, SH Moosa-Kazemi… - Journal of arthropod …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The aim of this study was to design pictorial key and taxonomic literature of
Culex pipiens complex in Iran. Methods: Larvae were collected using standard dipping …

[HTML][HTML] Fauna and larval habitat characteristics of mosquitoes in Neka County, Northern Iran

SH Nikookar, SH Moosa-Kazemi… - Journal of arthropod …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Ecological studies on mosquitoes are very important in vector control
programs. There are a few studies about the ecology of mosquitoes in northern Iran. This …

[PDF][PDF] New record of Aedes vittatus and Culiseta subochrea (Diptera: Culicidae) and their distribution from Shadegan wetland, South Western Iran

H Nasirian, SMT Sadeghi, B Vazirianzadeh… - J Entomol Zool …, 2014 - academia.edu
This study was conducted in Shadegan International wetland area, south western Iran.
Mosquito larvae were collected from an urban site in the east of the wetland, using dipping …