Entomological Surveillance of mosquitoes in Kashan County, central Iran

Background: Mosquitoes are responsible for spreading devastating parasites and pathogens causing some important infectious diseases.Objectives: The aim of this study was to monitor mosquito activity with emphasis on Aedes species and updating their fauna in Kashan County.Materials and Methods: This investigation was carried out in Kashan County, from May to September 2019. The location coordinates of the sampling sites were marked and registered with Global Positioning System (GPS) device, and mapped using Arc Map 10.5 software.In this study, mosquitos larvae were collected from 120 standard ovitraps, which had been placed in 15 locations in Kashan, Qamsar and Niasar, and reared in Aedes insectary, Department of Medical Entomology and Vector control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, for identification by systematic keys.Results: A total of 535 mosquitos larvae were collected from ovitraps and identified as Culex pipiens, C. vagans, C. theileri, C. torrentium and Culiseta longiareolata.Conclusion: Although no samples of Aedes mosquitoes were captured in this preliminary study, further investigations using different methods of mosquito collection should be done to accurately comment on the current fauna of Kashan Aedes.

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Spatial Distribution ، Mosquitoes ، Ovitrap ، Iran ، Entomological surveillance.