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<Articles JournalTitle="Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2322-1984</Issn>
      <Volume>12</Volume>
      <Issue>1</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2018</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>18</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Aquatic Insect from Iran for Possible Use of Biological Control of Main Vector-Borne Disease of Malaria and Water Indicator of Contamination</title>
    <FirstPage>1</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>15</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Zahra</FirstName>
        <LastName>Saeidi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Hassan</FirstName>
        <LastName>Vatandoost</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AND Department of Environmental Chemical Pollutants and Pesticides, Institute for Environmental Re-search, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2018</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>18</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2018</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>18</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Iran has a wide variety of zoogeographical regions and different seasons. Here are some important mosquito-borne diseases. Mosquitoes normally live in waters. Its aquatic insect fauna is highly unexplored. To being resolved this faunal gap, a variety of literature records from previous century in different parts of Iran was reviewed. In some southern and southeastern foci in Iran, Malaria is still a main endemic disease which is unstable with two seasonal spring and autumn peaks even though Iran is lunching Malaria elimination. This review article showed the wide variety of aquatic insects throughout the country. Researchers can discuss water pollutant and its quality by using aquatic insect fauna as well as biological control for vectors. Types of aquatic in&#xAD;sects and macroinvertebrates sampling can be useful for water quality monitoring as indicators. Looking at aquatic insects&#x2019; life in water could be one of the most cost-effective and the easiest method to assess the water contaminations by different pollutants and will provide a guideline for scientific communities and environmental agencies for decision making.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://jad.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jad/article/view/836</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://jad.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jad/article/download/836/375</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
