Use of Aquatic Insects For Biological Control of Mosquitoes (Diptera Culicidae) Vectors of Different Diseases

Abstract

Mohammad Nasrabadi, Amrollah Azarm, Maryam Molaeezadeh, Faramarz Bozorgomid, Fatemeh Shahidi, Hasssan

Mosquitoes are important insects not only as nuisance biters but also as vectors of important diseases such as malaria, dengue, West Nile virus, chikungunya, yellow fever, filariasis, tularemia, dirofilariasis, Japanese encephalitis, Saint Louis encephalitis, Western equine encephalitis, Eastern equine encephalitis, Venezu- elan equine encephalitis, Ross River fever, Barmah Forest fever, La Crosse encephalitis, and Zika fever, as well as newly detect- ed Keystone virus and Rift Valley fever [1].

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