Mirhoseini Motahareh, Salehzadeh Aref, Ramazan Jamaat Sara, Zahirnia Amir Hosein, Rahmanzadeh Najmeh
Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2017;2017:1486845. doi: 10.1155/2017/1486845. Epub 2017 Dec 27.
Phlebotominae sand flies are the main vectors of leishmaniasis and some other diseases.
Using sticky traps, sand flies were collected fortnightly from outdoors and indoors areas of selected sites.
A total of 2032 specimens (498 in the city and 1534 in the outskirts of Yazd) belonging to 11 species were collected. The activity of sand flies started in early-April and ended in mid-November. There were two peaks of activity in the end of April and mid-September. and were the most abundant species in the city and outskirts of Yazd city, respectively. Other species were , , , , , , , and .
In comparison to some other parts of Iran, the extended period between two peaks suggests that the larvae to adult development of sand fly were delayed by the higher temperature of the summer months in Yazd province.
白蛉是利什曼病和其他一些疾病的主要传播媒介。
使用粘性诱捕器,每两周从选定地点的室外和室内区域收集白蛉。
共收集到2032个标本(亚兹德市498个,郊区1534个),分属于11个物种。白蛉活动始于4月初,结束于11月中旬。在4月底和9月中旬有两个活动高峰。 分别是亚兹德市和郊区数量最多的物种。其他物种有 、 、 、 、 、 、 、 和 。
与伊朗其他一些地区相比,两个高峰之间的时间延长表明,亚兹德省夏季较高的温度延迟了白蛉从幼虫到成虫的发育。