Chapter 16
Biocontrol for Arthropods of Medical
and Veterinary Importance in Iran
Hana Haji Allahverdipour and Kamran Akbarzadeh
16.1 Introduction
Having been situated at Palaearctic region and under influence of Oriental and
Afrotropical zoogeographical regions, Iran has diverse fauna of medically important
arthropods and consequently, different kinds of arthropod-borne diseases.
Diseases of medical and veterinary importance in the country include malaria,
leishmaniasis, myiasis, West Nile virus, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever,
pappataci fever, Q fever, scabies, some diseases with silent foci such as tularemia
and recently reported diseases such as dengue fever (Askarian et al. 2012; Alizadeh
et al. 2014; Farhadpour et al. 2016; Seyedi Arani et al. 2016; Soleimani-Ahmadi
et al. 2017; Dehghani et al. 2018; Nejati et al. 2018; Esmaeili et al. 2019).
Historic milestones of malaria vector biocontrol include first introduction of
exotic larvivorous fish in the North (1920), establishment and effectiveness of
mosquito fish in the South (1966) and successful field trials of Bti (1986) in the
country.
The development of insecticide resistance in pest and vector population, the
hazards on wildlife and non-target organisms and the realization of other environmental concerns of chemical insecticides as well as stability of vector-borne disease
have led to an increasing interest in biological control within integrated pest management (IPM) programs (Moazami 2009).
H. H. Allahverdipour
Biological Control Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural
Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran
e-mail: h.hajiallahverdi@areeo.ac.ir
K. Akbarzadeh (*)
Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran
University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
e-mail: kakbarzadeh@tums.ac.ir
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J. Karimi, H. Madadi (eds.), Biological Control of Insect and Mite Pests in Iran,
Progress in Biological Control 18, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63990-7_16
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Biocontrol for Arthropods of Medical
and Veterinary Importance in Iran
Hana Haji Allahverdipour and Kamran Akbarzadeh
16.1 Introduction
Having been situated at Palaearctic region and under influence of Oriental and
Afrotropical zoogeographical regions, Iran has diverse fauna of medically important
arthropods and consequently, different kinds of arthropod-borne diseases.
Diseases of medical and veterinary importance in the country include malaria,
leishmaniasis, myiasis, West Nile virus, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever,
pappataci fever, Q fever, scabies, some diseases with silent foci such as tularemia
and recently reported diseases such as dengue fever (Askarian et al. 2012; Alizadeh
et al. 2014; Farhadpour et al. 2016; Seyedi Arani et al. 2016; Soleimani-Ahmadi
et al. 2017; Dehghani et al. 2018; Nejati et al. 2018; Esmaeili et al. 2019).
Historic milestones of malaria vector biocontrol include first introduction of
exotic larvivorous fish in the North (1920), establishment and effectiveness of
mosquito fish in the South (1966) and successful field trials of Bti (1986) in the
country.
The development of insecticide resistance in pest and vector population, the
hazards on wildlife and non-target organisms and the realization of other environmental concerns of chemical insecticides as well as stability of vector-borne disease
have led to an increasing interest in biological control within integrated pest management (IPM) programs (Moazami 2009).
H. H. Allahverdipour
Biological Control Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural
Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran
e-mail: h.hajiallahverdi@areeo.ac.ir
K. Akbarzadeh (*)
Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran
University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
e-mail: kakbarzadeh@tums.ac.ir
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
J. Karimi, H. Madadi (eds.), Biological Control of Insect and Mite Pests in Iran,
Progress in Biological Control 18, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63990-7_16
579