seasonal abundance and host-feeding patterns of anopheline vectors in malaria endemic area of iran季节性的丰度和host-feeding模式按向量在疟疾流行地区的伊朗.pdf

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Parasitology Research Volume 2010, Article ID 671291, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2010/671291 Research Article Seasonal Abundance and Host-Feeding Patterns of Anopheline Vectors in Malaria Endemic Area of Iran Hamidreza Basseri,1 Ahmad Raeisi,1, 2 Mansoor Ranjbar Khakha,2 Abaas Pakarai,3 and Hassanzehi Abdolghafar4 1 Department of Medical Entomology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 6446-14155, Tehran, Iran 2 Malaria Control Section, Department of CDC, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran 3 Institute of Public Health, Bandar-Abbas Center of Health Research and Education, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 6446-14155, Tehran, Iran 4 Malaria Control Section, Health Center of Sistan-Baluchistan Province, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran Correspondence should be addressed to Hamidreza Basseri, basserih@tums.ac.ir Received 15 June 2010; Accepted 16 August 2010 Academic Editor: Dave D. Chadee Copyright © 2010 Hamidreza Basseri et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Seasonal abundance and tendency to feed on humans are important parameters to measure for effective control of malaria vectors. The objective of this study was to describe relation between feeding pattern, abundance, and resting behavior of four malaria vectors in southern Iran. This study was conducted in ten indicator villages (based on malaria incidence and entomological indices) in mountainous/hilly and plain regions situated south and southeastern Iran. Mosquito vectors were collecte