Shahandeh Kh, Basseri Hr, Pakari A, Riazi A
Social Development and Health Promotion Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Iran J Arthropod Borne Dis. 2010;4(2):35-41. Epub 2010 Dec 31.
Use of bed-net continues to offer potential strategy for malaria prevention in endemic areas. Local communities are indispensable during design and implementation stages.
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 of main malaria vectors and as well as self-protection of inhabitant in the study area for a period of one transmission season between April to October 2006.
The biting activities were seen throughout the whole night for three malaria vectors, Anopheles fluviatilis, An. stephensi and An. dthali, and An. fluviatilis exhibiting bimodal peaks, the first at midnight (0:00-1:00) and the other before dawn (5:00-6:00 am) but the maximum biting activity of An. stephensi was occurred at second quarter of night (11:00-12:00 pm). The majority of interviewers (83.3%) knew that malaria was transmitted by mosquitoes and 70.3% of them stated that bed-net is the best control measures. Most subjects (62%) did not have a mosquito net.
Study subjects were aware of an association between mosquito bite and malaria transmission. Health workers at different levels of the health care delivery system should disseminate relevant information about self-protection to help community members to be involved more in malaria control.
在疟疾流行地区，使用蚊帐仍然是预防疟疾的潜在策略。在设计和实施阶段，当地社区不可或缺。
在伊朗南部霍尔木兹甘省锡阿胡地区的疟疾流行区，对192名随机选择的居民进行了横断面研究。此外，在2006年4月至10月的一个传播季节里，我们监测了主要疟疾传播媒介的人饵叮咬周期以及研究区域内居民的自我保护情况。
三种疟疾传播媒介，即溪流按蚊、斯氏按蚊和达利按蚊，在整个夜间都有叮咬活动，溪流按蚊呈现双峰，第一个峰在午夜（0:00 - 1:00），另一个在黎明前（5:00 - 6:00 am），但斯氏按蚊的最大叮咬活动发生在夜间的第二个时段（11:00 - 12:00 pm）。大多数受访者（83.3%）知道疟疾是由蚊子传播的，其中70.3%的人表示蚊帐是最佳的控制措施。大多数受试者（62%）没有蚊帐。
研究对象意识到蚊虫叮咬与疟疾传播之间的关联。医疗保健服务系统不同层面的卫生工作者应传播有关自我保护的相关信息，以帮助社区成员更多地参与疟疾控制。
