1.11 Medical Entomology
The diseases transmitted by arthropods are highly significant and diseases such as
malaria and leishmania continue to remain as the first degree hygienic issues of the
country; therefore, conducting applied research on the said issues is among the
research objectives of the current period. Accordingly, the Department of Medical
Entomology and Vector Control started its educational activities at the University of
Tehran since 1953. The teaching staff of this department gravely contributed to
foundation of the Medical Research Institute and thereafter to foundation of the
Public Health School. Nowadays, such department is developed in more Universities
and there is an association for their activities.
The Iranian Society of Medical Entomology (ISME) is related scientific society
(http://issme.ir).
Iranian Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases is the scientific publication of the
ISME (http://jad.tums.ac.ir). The society organizes a congress which 2nd International Congress of Vector-Borne Diseases and Climate Change” in conjunction with
“4th National Congress of Medical Entomology” was held on Oct. 2019 (Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, TUMS 2019).
1.12 Current Biological Control Plans in Iran
Reports show that Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs using biocontrol
agents were carried out on 233,000 ha of cultivated lands and orchards. As, augmentative release of parasitoids and predators was operated over 220,000 ha, for
Fig. 1.17 International Persian Congress of Acarology and front cover of Persian Journal of
Acarology (right corner). (Courtesy of Alireza Saboori, University of Tehran)
1 Overview: History of Agricultural Entomology and Biological Pest Control in Iran
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The diseases transmitted by arthropods are highly significant and diseases such as
malaria and leishmania continue to remain as the first degree hygienic issues of the
country; therefore, conducting applied research on the said issues is among the
research objectives of the current period. Accordingly, the Department of Medical
Entomology and Vector Control started its educational activities at the University of
Tehran since 1953. The teaching staff of this department gravely contributed to
foundation of the Medical Research Institute and thereafter to foundation of the
Public Health School. Nowadays, such department is developed in more Universities
and there is an association for their activities.
The Iranian Society of Medical Entomology (ISME) is related scientific society
(http://issme.ir).
Iranian Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases is the scientific publication of the
ISME (http://jad.tums.ac.ir). The society organizes a congress which 2nd International Congress of Vector-Borne Diseases and Climate Change” in conjunction with
“4th National Congress of Medical Entomology” was held on Oct. 2019 (Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, TUMS 2019).
1.12 Current Biological Control Plans in Iran
Reports show that Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs using biocontrol
agents were carried out on 233,000 ha of cultivated lands and orchards. As, augmentative release of parasitoids and predators was operated over 220,000 ha, for
Fig. 1.17 International Persian Congress of Acarology and front cover of Persian Journal of
Acarology (right corner). (Courtesy of Alireza Saboori, University of Tehran)
1 Overview: History of Agricultural Entomology and Biological Pest Control in Iran
17