Community sleeping pattern and anopheline biting in Southeastern Iran: A country earmarked for malaria elimination

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 499-503

  Basseri, Hamid R ^a   Abai, Mohammad R ^a   Raeisi, Ahmad ^b   Shahandeh, Khandan ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; ANOPHELES FLUVIATILIS; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; SLEEP PATTERN; VECTOR CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; IRAN; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES;

EID: 84865993216     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0356     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Chaves LF, Harrington LC, Keogh CL, Nguyen AM, Kitron UD, 2010. Blood feeding patterns of mosquitoes: random or structured? Front Zool 7: 3.
2. Apperson CS, Hassan HK, Harrison BA, Savage HM, Aspen SE, Farajollahi A, Crans W, Daniels TJ, Falco RC, Benedict M, Anderson M, McMillen L, Unnasch TR, 2004. Host feeding patterns of established and potential mosquito vectors of West Nile virus in the eastern United States. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 4: 71-82. (Pubitemid 38745026)
3. Shriram AN, Ramaiah KD, Krishnamoorthy K, Sehgal SC, 2005. Diurnal pattern of human-biting activity and transmission of subperiodic Wuchereria bancrofti (Filariidea: Dipetalonematidae) by Ochlerotatus niveus (Diptera: Culicidae) on the Andaman and Nicobar islands of India. Am J Trop Med Hyg 72: 273-277. (Pubitemid 41278875)
4. Cohen SB, Lewoczko K, Huddleston DB, Moody E, Mukherjee SR, Dunn JR, Timothy TF, Wilson R, Moncayo AC, 2009. Host feeding patterns of potential vectors of eastern equine encephalitis virus at an epizootic focus in Tennessee. Am J Trop Med Hyg 81: 452-456.
5. Edman JD, Spielman A, 1988. Blood-feeding by vectors: physiology, ecology, behavior, and vertebrate defense. Monath TP, ed. The Arboviruses: Epidemiology and Ecology. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 153-189.
6. Edman JD, Taylor DJ, 1968. Culex nigripalpus: seasonal shift in bird-mammal feeding ratio in a mosquito vector of human encephalitis. Science 161: 67-68.
7. Killeen GF, McKenzie FE, Foy BD, Bogh C, Beier JC, 2001. The availability of potential hosts as a determinant of feeding behaviours and malaria transmission by African mosquito populations. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 95: 469-476. (Pubitemid 34947396)
8. Pates H, Curtis C, 2005. Mosquito behavior and vector control. Annu Rev Entomol 50: 53-70.
9. Basseri HR, Raeisi A, Holakoui K, Shanadeh K, 2010. Malaria prevention among Afghan refugees in a malarious area, south-eastern Iran. Bull Soc Pathol Exot 103: 340-345.
10. Centers for Disease Control, 2008. Annual Report for Malaria Control Program [in Persian]. Tehran: Education IMoHaM, 23rd edition.
11. Raeisi A, 2006. Malaria Elimination in Iran, Progress Achievements and Challenges. Sixth Meeting of National Malaria Programme Managers, Cairo, Egypt.
12. Edrissian GH, 2006. Malaria in Iran: past and present situation. Iran J Parasitol 1: 1-14.
13. Zaim M, Subbarao SK, Manouchehri AV, Cochrane AH, 1993. Role of Anopheles culicifacies s.l. and An. pulcherrimus in malaria transmission in Ghassreghand (Baluchistan), Iran. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 9: 23-26.
14. Basseri HR, Doosti S, Akbarzadeh K, Nateghpour M, Whitten MM, Ladoni H, 2008. Competency of Anopheles stephensi mysorensis strain for Plasmodium vivax and the role of inhibitory carbohydrates to block its sporogonic cycle. Malar J 7: 131.
15. Djadid ND, Barjesteh H, Raeisi A, Hassanzahi A, Zakeri S, 2006. Identification, sequence analysis, and comparative study on GSTe2 insecticide resistance gene in three main world malaria vectors: Anopheles stephensi, Anopheles culicifacies, and Anopheles fluviatilis. J Med Entomol 43: 1171-1177. (Pubitemid 44862949)
16. Edrissian GH, Afshar A, Sayedzadeh A, Mohsseni G, Satvat MT, 1993. Assessment of the response in vivo and in vitro of Plasmodium falciparum to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in the malarious areas of Iran. J Trop Med Hyg 96: 237-240. (Pubitemid 23246229)
17. Smart J, 2003. A Handbook for the Identification of Insects of Medical Importance. New Delhi, India: Vedams eBooks.
18. Djadid ND, Forouzesh F, Karimi M, Raeisi A, Hassan-Zehi A, Zakeri S, 2007. Monitoring pyrethroid insecticide resistance in major malaria vector Anopheles culicifacies: comparison of molecular tools and conventional susceptibility test. Iran Biomed J 11: 169-176. (Pubitemid 47075843)
19. Zakeri S, Afsharpad M, Raeisi A, Djadid ND, 2007. Prevalence of mutations associated with antimalarial drugs in Plasmodium falciparum isolates prior to the introduction of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine as first-line treatment in Iran. Malar J 6: 148.
20. Dash AP, Adak T, Raghavendra K, Singh OP, 2007. The biology and control of malaria vectors in India. Curr Sci 92: 1571-1578. (Pubitemid 46998083)
21. Herrel N, Amerasinghe FP, Ensink J, Mukhtar M, van der Hoek W, Konradsen F, 2004. Adult anopheline ecology and malaria transmission in irrigated areas of South Punjab, Pakistan. Med Vet Entomol 18: 141-152. (Pubitemid 38751645)
22. Manouchehri AV, Zaim M, Emadi AM, 1992. A review of malaria in Iran, 1975-90. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 8: 381-385.
23. Hati AK, 1997. Urban malaria vector biology. Indian J Med Res 106: 149-163. (Pubitemid 27395366)
24. Dash AP, Raghavendra K, Pillai MK, 2007. Resurrection of DDT: a critical appraisal. Indian J Med Res 126: 1-3. (Pubitemid 350020538)
25. Basseri H, Moosakazemi S, Yosafi M, Mohebali M, Hajaran H, 2005. Anthropophily of malaria vectors in Kahnouj District, south of Kerman, Iran. Iran J Public Health 34: 27-37.
26. Nanda N, Yadav RS, Subbarao SK, Joshi H, Sharma VP, 2000. Studies on Anopheles fluviatilis and Anopheles culicifacies sibling species in relation to malaria in forested hilly and deforested riverine ecosystems in northern Orissa, India. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 16: 199-205.
27. Parida SK, Hazra RK, Marai N, Tripathy HK, Mahapatra N, 2006. Host feeding patterns of malaria vectors of Orissa, India. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 22: 629-634. (Pubitemid 46134840)
28. Pemola Devi NJ, 2006. Relationship between Anopheles fluviatilis and A. stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae) catches and the prevalence of malaria cases at Kalsi area in Dehradun district (Uttaranchal). Indian J Med Res 123: 151-158.
29. Vatandoost H, Oshaghi MA, Abaie MR, Shahi M, Yaaghoobi F, Baghaii M, Hanafi-Bojd AA, Zamani G, Townson H, 2006. Bionomics of Anopheles stephensi Liston in the malarious area of Hormozgan province, southern Iran, 2002. Acta Trop 97: 196-203. (Pubitemid 43087754)
30. Vatandoost H, Emami SN, Oshaghi MA, Abai MR, Raeisi A, Piazzak N, Mahmoodi M, Akbarzadeh K, Sartipi M, 2011. Ecology of malaria vector Anopheles culicifacies in a malarious area of Sistan va Baluchestan province, south-east Islamic Republic of Iran. East Mediterr Health J 17: 439-445.