Use of Larvivorous Fishes for Control of Aquatic Stage of Mosquitoes, the Vectors of Diseases

Authors: Vatandoost H*

DOI: 10.23880/izab-16000324

Volume 4, Issue 5

Abstract

Mosquitoes belong to the Order: Diptera, Sub-order: Nematocera, Family: Culicidae, Genus: Anopheles, Aedes and Culex. Around 3556 species of mosquitoes have been identified worldwide. Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes include malaria, dengue, West Nile virus, chikungunya, yellow fever, filariasis, tularemia, dirofilariasis, Japanese encephalitis, Saint Louis encephalitis, Western equine encephalitis, Eastern equine encephalitis, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Ross River fever, Barmah Forest fever, La Crosse encephalitis, and Zika fever, as well as newly detected Keystone virus and Rift Valley fever. According to the World Health Organization, the main important vector control is using different insecticides. Using chemical insecticides for controlling mosquitoes is limited because they develop resistance against these insecticides. So, efforts have been made to control the mosquito vectors by eco-friendly techniques using larvivorus fishes. In this research all, the relevant information regarding the topic of research is research through the internet and used in this paper. An intensive search of scientific literature was done in “PubMed”, “Web of Knowledge”, “Scopus”, “Google Scholar”, “SID”, etc. Results shows that one of important environmental friendly vector control is biological control, using different species of larvivorus fishes.

Keywords: Fishes; Public Health Concern; Mosquito Vectors

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