A Survey on Residential Areas Infestation to House Pests (Arthropods) in Kashan

Rouhullah  Dehghani; Gholamabbas Mosavi; Batool Ghasemi; Maasomeh Ghasemi; Marzieh Saheb; Roghieh Mohhamadi

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A Survey on Residential Areas Infestation to House Pests (Arthropods) in Kashan

Author(s):

Rouhullah Dehghani^1,*,

Gholamabbas Mosavi²,

Batool Ghasemi¹,

Maasomeh Ghasemi¹,

Marzieh Saheb¹,

Roghieh Mohhamadi¹

1Department of Environment Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran

2Department of Public Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 15, issue 12; e4333

Published online:Apr 22, 2013

Article type:Brief Report

Received:Jul 28, 2012

Accepted:Dec 03, 2012

How to Cite:Rouhullah DehghaniGholamabbas MosaviBatool GhasemiMaasomeh GhasemiMarzieh SahebRoghieh Mohhamadiet al.A Survey on Residential Areas Infestation to House Pests (Arthropods) in Kashan.Zahedan J Res Med Sci.15(12):e4333.

Abstract

Background: Due to importance of arthropods as urban pest, such Health and Nutritional, Textile, Structural, Storage pest and role of them in human being, this study was done to show determine of houses infestation status to urban pest (Arthropods) city of Kashan in 2010.

Materials and Methods: A Descriptive-analytical study has been done on houses The houses were selected by cluster random and Urban pests of them, by use of hand lens were identified. The results were analyzed using abundance tables and SPSS-11.5 software and statistic tests χ² and fisher exact.

Results: The results of study have shown that prevalence of urban pest, Health pest 99.6%, Nutritional pest 32.6%, textile and structural pest 37.4% were seen. Out of total houses, 98% mosquitoes, 96.4% ant, 92.6% fly, 78% cockroaches species, 56.8% spider, 37.6% termite, 34.6% storage pests, 12% clothes moth, 8.2% scorpion species, 3.6% bug, 3.2% tick and 2.6% millipede were identified.

Conclusion: The prevalence of infestation urban pest is high. Mosquitoes, ant, fly and cockroach were seen more the other. So methods control training, houses protection and solid and water waste management is being suggested.

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