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The fauna and ecology of mosquito larvae (Diptera: Culicidae) in western Iran

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  • 1. , Shahyad AZARI-HAMIDIAN & Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • 2. School of Health, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran & Department of Disease Control, Deputy of Health, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran & , Shahyad AZARI-HAMIDIAN & Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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Banafshi, Omid, Abai, Mohammad-Reza, Ladonni, Hossein, Bakhshi, Hassan, Karami, Hadi, Azari-Hamidian, Shahyad (2013): The fauna and ecology of mosquito larvae (Diptera: Culicidae) in western Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 37 (1): 298-307, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1206-12, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1206-12

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