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Species diversity of mosquitoes of the Genus Culex (Diptera, Culicidae) in the coastal areas of the Persian Gulf

BACKGROUND: Lack of information about the dispersal of vector species barricade surveillance and control. AIMS: Therefore, the aim of the present study was to determine the species diversity of Culex mosquito's larvae in the coastal areas of the Persian Gulf. METHODS: Mosquito larvae were colle...

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Autores principales: Khoobdel, Mehdi, Keshavarzi, Davoud, Mossa-Kazemi, Seyed Hassan, Sobati, Hossein
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Publicado: AIMS Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6606530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31297396
http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/publichealth.2019.2.99
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author Khoobdel, Mehdi
Keshavarzi, Davoud
Mossa-Kazemi, Seyed Hassan
Sobati, Hossein
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Keshavarzi, Davoud
Mossa-Kazemi, Seyed Hassan
Sobati, Hossein
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description BACKGROUND: Lack of information about the dispersal of vector species barricade surveillance and control. AIMS: Therefore, the aim of the present study was to determine the species diversity of Culex mosquito's larvae in the coastal areas of the Persian Gulf. METHODS: Mosquito larvae were collected from six places in three main environmental categories: urban (UA), rural (RA) and uninhabited areas (UNA), using dipping technique. Four dips were taken from each breeding site (350 ml each). Larval investigation was conducted two times a month during the study period. Diversity studies were conducted separately for each category by calculating classic diversity indices. RESULTS: In total, 1369 specimens belonging to 10 different species were collected and identified, as follows: Culex hortensis, Cx. laticinctus, Cx. mimeticus, Cx. perexiguus, Cx. pipiens, Cx. modestus, Cx. sinaiticus, Cx. theileri, Cx. torrentium and Cx. tritaeniorhynchus. None of these mosquito species have been recorded previously in this region. Diversity analysis indicated higher species richness for RA (Margalef 1/26). The average diversity indices for the three environment types ranged from 1.50 to 1.64 for Shannon index and from 0.730 to 0.738 for Simpson index. CONCLUSIONS: Biodiversity analysis indicated that species diversity in rural, urban and uninhabited areas is somewhat similar. Therefore, attention to all areas in vector control programs is essential.
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spelling pubmed-66065302019-07-11 Species diversity of mosquitoes of the Genus Culex (Diptera, Culicidae) in the coastal areas of the Persian Gulf Khoobdel, Mehdi Keshavarzi, Davoud Mossa-Kazemi, Seyed Hassan Sobati, Hossein AIMS Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Lack of information about the dispersal of vector species barricade surveillance and control. AIMS: Therefore, the aim of the present study was to determine the species diversity of Culex mosquito's larvae in the coastal areas of the Persian Gulf. METHODS: Mosquito larvae were collected from six places in three main environmental categories: urban (UA), rural (RA) and uninhabited areas (UNA), using dipping technique. Four dips were taken from each breeding site (350 ml each). Larval investigation was conducted two times a month during the study period. Diversity studies were conducted separately for each category by calculating classic diversity indices. RESULTS: In total, 1369 specimens belonging to 10 different species were collected and identified, as follows: Culex hortensis, Cx. laticinctus, Cx. mimeticus, Cx. perexiguus, Cx. pipiens, Cx. modestus, Cx. sinaiticus, Cx. theileri, Cx. torrentium and Cx. tritaeniorhynchus. None of these mosquito species have been recorded previously in this region. Diversity analysis indicated higher species richness for RA (Margalef 1/26). The average diversity indices for the three environment types ranged from 1.50 to 1.64 for Shannon index and from 0.730 to 0.738 for Simpson index. CONCLUSIONS: Biodiversity analysis indicated that species diversity in rural, urban and uninhabited areas is somewhat similar. Therefore, attention to all areas in vector control programs is essential. AIMS Press 2019-03-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6606530/ /pubmed/31297396 http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/publichealth.2019.2.99 Text en © 2019 the Author(s), licensee AIMS Press This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
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Khoobdel, Mehdi
Keshavarzi, Davoud
Mossa-Kazemi, Seyed Hassan
Sobati, Hossein
Species diversity of mosquitoes of the Genus Culex (Diptera, Culicidae) in the coastal areas of the Persian Gulf
title Species diversity of mosquitoes of the Genus Culex (Diptera, Culicidae) in the coastal areas of the Persian Gulf
title_full Species diversity of mosquitoes of the Genus Culex (Diptera, Culicidae) in the coastal areas of the Persian Gulf
title_fullStr Species diversity of mosquitoes of the Genus Culex (Diptera, Culicidae) in the coastal areas of the Persian Gulf
title_full_unstemmed Species diversity of mosquitoes of the Genus Culex (Diptera, Culicidae) in the coastal areas of the Persian Gulf
title_short Species diversity of mosquitoes of the Genus Culex (Diptera, Culicidae) in the coastal areas of the Persian Gulf
title_sort species diversity of mosquitoes of the genus culex (diptera, culicidae) in the coastal areas of the persian gulf
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6606530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31297396
http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/publichealth.2019.2.99
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