BACKGROUND Although leishmaniases are regarded as serious public health issues in the State of Tocantins, as consequence of the impact of environmental changes, small advances in taxonomic and ecological studies of Phlebotominae fauna are taking place in this state. The present study aimed to improve the knowledge about the sand flies, as well as about the aspects of the bioecology of leishmani...

torically known to be endemic for malaria1. However, during the past few years, its prevalence has been declining in three districts of the union territory, viz. (i) Nicobar; (ii) South Andaman; and (iii) Middle & North Andaman (Table 1). This is due to the strengthening of vector control activities (indoor residual spraying, weekly application of larvicides, etc) by local malaria department. V...

The Aphanius fasciatus is an endemic fish species of the coastal Mediterranean region; and recently discovered in the northern Algerian Sahara. The aim of this study is to evaluate the infestation by ectoparasites on A. fasciatus in the new arid habitats where it was newly recorded. For this purpose, skin and gills of 95 fish caught in the Still Wadi (Still river), between September 2012 and Ju...

The urban area of Dakar, Senegal, contains > 5,000 market-garden wells that provide permanent sites for mosquito larvae, in particular Anopheles arabiensis Patton, the major vector of malaria. A study of the bioecology of mosquito larvae was conducted over 1 yr with a monthly visit to 48 of these wells. Overall, 9,589 larvae were collected of which 80.1% were Culicinae and 11.9% Anophelinae. La...

following the hospitalization of 195 individuals due to the spider bite in 1995 and three cases of recorded death in the year of 1993 which were referred to emam reza hospital in mashad, the present study was undertaken on bionomics and medical importance of lathrodectus spp in khorasan province, during 1995-2005. a total cases of 195 bites were studied composing of 70.8 % males and 29.2% femal...

Abstract Spiked pepper ( Piper aduncum ) essential oil has the potency to develop as a botanical insecticide in controlling fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda ). This study aimed determine activity of spiked fruit oils against larvae. was held from November 2020 March 2021 at Insect Bioecology Laboratory, Faculty Agriculture, Andalas University, West Sumatera, Indonesia. The experiment used Co...

Until 2001, the Chinese Territory of Macao had not registered any autochthonous dengue cases, despite the abundance of Aedes albopictus (Skuse), a known vector. This work describes a bioecological characterization of the local Ae. albopictus adult population, with the purpose of estimating the receptivity of Macao to dengue introduction. In the wet seasons of 1997 and 1998 and the dry season of...