Identification of collected cockroaches from Ahvaz hospitals, south-west of Iran.

Cockroaches act as an important mechanical or biological vector for lots of pathogenic microorganism agents. The aim of this study was to identify the major cockroach species in hospital environments in Ahvaz, capital of Khuzestan province, Iran. Totally, 7 hospitals and one private clinic of Ahvaz were investigated to collect the cockroaches using hand catch method. Totally, 76 cockroaches were collected from different parts of Ahvaz hospitals and one private clinic in the present study. They were identified as 4 species of cockroaches. From the data of this study it is concluded that the major collected cockroach species from Ahvaz hospitals are similar to the same studies of Iran.