Ebrahim Abbasi

This study estimates Wolbachia infection prevalence in biting midges across Southwest Asia and identifies ecological and biological factors associated with infection patterns.

In a 2019 survey of 1623 animals in 20 Tehran Province villages, 685 hard and 121 soft ticks were collected; females predominated (57.99%) and sheep yielded most ticks (60.04%).

This study investigates the prevalence of kdr resistance in Culex quinquefasciatus against organochlorine insecticides globally, finding 63.1% resistance and varying mortality rates across insecticides.

The study surveys mosquitoes and investigates arboviruses in Qom, Iran, identifying Culex tarsalis for the first time in the country but finding no arbovirus infections.