Mosquito Surveillance and the First Record of the Invasive Mosquito Species Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) in Southern Iran

• Main Authors: Sara DOOSTI (Author), Mohammad Reza YAGHOOBI-ERSHADI (Author), Francis SCHAFFNER (Author), Seyed Hassan MOOSA-KAZEMI (Author), Kamran AKBARZADEH (Author), Mohammad Mehdi GOOYA (Author), Hassan VATANDOOST (Author), Mohammad Reza SHIRZADI (Author), Ehsan MOSTAFAVI (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Epidemics of mosquito-borne viral infections such as dengue, chikungunya, West Nile and Rift Valley fevers in neighbouring countries and risk of introduction of exotic vectors into Iran have placed this country at a significant risk for these mosquito-borne diseases. Methods: After the f...