background: use of bed-net continues to offer potential strategy for malaria prevention in endemic areas. local communi­ties are indispensable during design and implementation stages. methods: a cross-sectional study of 192 randomly selected inhabitants was carried out in malarious zone, siahoo dire­strict, hormozgan province, southern iran. in addition, we monitored human landing periodicity o...

The crude extract of mangrove plant Rhizophora mucronata was prepared in this present work. The extract was testified for its anti-mosquito larvicidal property against two species of mosquito viz: Anopheles stephensi and Aedes aegypti. The 48 hours exposure of various dilutions of 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 ppm were given to the III to IV instar larval population. Percentage mortality data was ana...

Malaria is considered a major health problem in Iran. There are different methods for vector control. In this study we tested the larvicidal effects of some Iranian plants. The methanolic extracts of 11 plants were prepared with percolation method. The larvicidal activities of them against malaria vector, Anopheles stephensi were studied using World Health Organization standard method. All LC50...

Breathe | September 2016 | Volume 12 | No 3 293 @ERSpublications ERS Science Council Chair, Stephen Holgate, gives an insight into his professional and private life http://ow.ly/ZVZA300QGWN ERS Science Council Chair, Stephen Holgate, is Medical Research Council Clinical Professor of Immunopharmacology at the Faculty of Medicine, Southampton, UK. He undertook his medical training in London befor...

Environmental concerns have resulted in the search for environmentally friendly natural oils for use as mosquito larvacide. Methylated coconut oil (MCO) has been found to be toxic to mosquito larvae. However, the use of MCO is limited by resource constraints in rural communities in Papua New Guinea (PNG). In PNG and other Pacific Island countries, coconut oil is produced using traditional metho...

district of jiroft is situated in south-east of iran which is one of the malarious regions. anopheles stephensi is considered as one of the main malaria vector in this region. ecology of this species was studied in the area to understand its vector behavior for implementation of effective vector control measures. different methods like total catch, pit shelter, night bite collection on human an...

Seven microsatellite loci were used to develop multilocus genotypes for 49 individuals of Neotoma stephensi (Stephen’s woodrat) collected from nine sites in central and northern Arizona. Several statistical analyses were used to determine genetic structure, levels of genetic variability, and degree of relatedness. Structure analyses estimated two distinct groups within localities. The FST value...