Publications

mosquitoes (diptera:culicidae) breeding in brackish water: female ovipositional preferences or larval survival?	four species of mosquitoes were abundant in concrete reservoir tanks containing brackish water that ranged from 16 to 39% sea water. the ability of the larvae to survive in various salinities was compared for each species with the ovipositional preferences of the adult females to determine whether the 2 traits were correlated. southern house mosquito, culex quinquefasciatus say, normally was not present in the tanks but survived well in salinities up to 25% sea water. however, gravid females alm ...	1996	8699444
morphological studies on adult mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) and first report of the potential zika virus vector aedes (stegomyia) unilineatus (theobald, 1906) in iran.	beside numerous extensive studies on anophelinae mosquitoes of iran, little is known on aedes species in the country and existing reports are dispersed. the objective of this study was to identify adults of culicinae species occurring in the sistan and baluchestan province, southeast of iran, during 2012-2014. mosquito collections were carried out three times (may-june, september, october-november) in four counties by centers for diseases control (cdc) light traps and human landing catches outdo ...	2016	28028709
the fauna and active season of mosquitoes in west of fars province, southwest of iran.	culicidae are highly important for public health as they can be vectors of diseases and are responsible for a wide spectrum of infections. five collection sites were selected randomly with regards to existing facilities in firouzabad county. for collecting larvae and total catch for adult mosquitoes, sampling was carried out by dipping technique for collecting larvae and total catch for adult mosquitoes. a total of 689 adults and 1313 larvae of culicidae were collected, of which 3 genera and 6 s ...	2017	30341942
genetic population diversity of aedes caspius in southern provinces of iran.	aedes caspius has a wide distribution throughout the world and can transmit chikungunya virus, west nile virus (wnv), tahyna virus and the bacterium francisella tularensis. sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome c-oxidase subunit 1 (coi) and cytochrome c-oxidase subunit 2 (coii) genes have been widely used to estimate phylogenetic relationships at different taxonomic levels among this species. adult collections were carried out by human bait, center for deseases control light traps (cdc-lt) a ...	2018	30763508