Tehran University of Medical Sciences Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases 2322-1984 4 2 2010 12 15 35 41 EN KH Shahandeh Social Development and Health Promotion Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran HR Basseri Department of medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran A Pakari Institute of Public Health, Bandar-Abbas Center of Health Research and Education, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran A Riazi Department of medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2015 10 03 Background: Use of bed-net continues to offer potential strategy for malaria prevention in endemic areas. Local communi­ties are indispensable during design and implementation stages. Methods: 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. Results: 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. Conclusion: 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. https://jad.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jad/article/view/71 https://jad.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jad/article/download/71/69