Climate change and health in Iran: a narrative review

A Mousavi, A Ardalan, A Takian… - … of Environmental Health …, 2020 - Springer
Background The consequences of climate change are highly impeding the achievement of
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) anywhere, especially in low and middle-income …

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 …

Public health impact of the spread of Anopheles stephensi in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region countries in Horn of Africa and Yemen: need for integrated …

SM Al-Eryani, SR Irish, TE Carter, A Lenhart, A Aljasari… - Malaria Journal, 2023 - Springer
Background Anopheles stephensi is an efficient vector of both Plasmodium falciparum and
Plasmodium vivax in South Asia and the Middle East. The spread of An. stephensi to …

Malaria situation in Iran: 2002–2017

H Vatandoost, A Raeisi, A Saghafipour, F Nikpour… - Malaria journal, 2019 - Springer
Background Malaria is considered as a major threat to health systems. It is still considered
as one of the most important infectious diseases in Iran, but with an elimination goal in 2025 …

Larval habitats and species diversity of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in West Azerbaijan Province, Northwestern Iran

M Amini, AA Hanafi-Bojd, AA Aghapour, AR Chavshin - BMC ecology, 2020 - Springer
Background The characteristics of a larval habitat is an important factor which affects the
breeding pattern and population growth of mosquitoes Information about the larval habitat …

Spatial analysis and mapping of malaria risk in an endemic area, south of Iran: a GIS based decision making for planning of control

AA Hanafi-Bojd, H Vatandoost, MA Oshaghi… - Acta tropica, 2012 - Elsevier
Bashagard district is one of the important malaria endemic areas in southern Iran. From this
region a total of 16,199 indigenous cases have been reported in recent years. The aim of …

Isolation and identification of culturable bacteria from wild Anopheles culicifacies, a first step in a paratransgenesis approach

AR Chavshin, MA Oshaghi, H Vatandoost… - Parasites & vectors, 2014 - Springer
Background Due to the effect of midgut bacteria on proliferation of parasites and their
potential as paratransgenesis tools, their identification in malaria vector mosquitoes is …

Monitoring of synthetic insecticides resistance and mechanisms among malaria vector mosquitoes in Iran: A systematic review

E Abbasi, M Vahedi, M Bagheri, S Gholizadeh… - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Abstract Background In Iran, the prospect of malaria control relies mainly on insecticides
used against the genus Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) as important vectors of malaria …

A review on epidemiology of dengue viral infection as an emerging disease

R Dehghani, H Kassiri - Research Journal of Pharmacy and …, 2021 - indianjournals.com
Dengue Virus (DENV) is transmitted by mosquito bite. This paper discusses the importance
of Dengue Fever (DF) as an emerging disease in the world. In this study, some keywords …

Larval habitats and biodiversity of anopheline mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in a malarious area of southern Iran

AA Hanafi-Bojd, H Vatandoost… - Journal of vector …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background & objectives: Malaria is the most important mosquito-borne disease in Iran. It is
endemic in south to southeastern part of the country. Knowledge about bio-ecology of …