J Arthropod-Borne Dis, June 2018, 12(2): 172–179 AR Zahraei-Ramazani et al.: Control of American … 172 http://jad.tums.ac.ir Published Online: June 12, 2018 Original Article Control of American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana) in Municipal Sewage Disposal System, Central Iran *Ali Reza Zahraei-Ramazani 1, Abedin Saghafipour 2, Hassan Vatandoost 1, 3 1Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran 3Department of Chemical Pollutants and Pesticides, Institute for Environmental Research, Tehran Univer- sity of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (Received 14 Jan 2018; accepted 16 May 2018) Abstract Background: Cockroaches consists of 4000 species, of which 40 species are serious domestic pests. They have involved the mechanical transmission of various pathogenic viruses, bacteria, and protozoans to humans. This study aimed to determine different control methods of P. americana in sewage system of Esfahan City, central Iran using different insecticides recommended by WHO. Methods: Totally, 164 manholes with at least more than three cockroaches were selected until 2017 for this study. The species of cockroaches were identified; the adults and nymphs were counted and recorded. Each sewer shaft was assigned to one treatment method in an ascending order of number of cockroaches counted, coding the treatment method with paint on the lower part of the wall near the manhole cover. The manhole shafts were then inspected at 1 and 5 months’ post-treatment. Data analyzed by statistical methods. Results: Almost all of the products (Excluding boric acid with bait formulation) resulted in appropriate control with- in one month of application. The appropriate products for chemical control of cockroaches were the chlorpyrifos 5% Emulsifiable Concentrate (EC), diazinon 5% (EC), diazinon 0.05% (EC) and cypermethrin 5% Fog. These pesticides achieved an optimal reduction of population providing more than 90% control of cockroaches for five consecutive months. Conclusion: The emulsifiable concentrates and fog formulations in the control were more successful compared to other methods and this was penetration deep into the hiding places of cockroaches. Keywords: Periplaneta americana, Control products, Sewage system, Iran Introduction Cockroaches are one of the oldest inhab- itants of earth, dating back as far as the Car- boniferous period, over 250 million yr ago (1). They lack special adaptations like the sucking mouthparts in some insects such as the aphids and other true bugs (2). Over 4500 species of cockroaches have been identified, of which 40 species are associated with human hab- itants while four species are well known as pests (3–5). Cockroaches have chewing mouthparts and feed on variety of materials (Omnivorous) aid- ing in the mechanical transmission of various pathogenic viruses, bacteria, and protozoans to humans (3, 4). Cockroaches have a worldwide distribution especially in the tropical and sub- tropical areas and can tolerate a wide range of environments from Arctic cold to tropical heat (3, 4). Their population increases in hot and humid places especially with the availability of food and water (6). Common indoor cock- roaches found in Iran include, Blattella ger- manica, Blatta orientalis, Periplaneta ameri- cana and Supella longipalpa (3, 4). *Corresponding author: Dr Ali Reza Zahraei- Ramazani, E-mail: azahraei@tums.ac.ir http://jad.tums.ac.ir/ J Arthropod-Borne Dis, June 2018, 12(2): 172–179 AR Zahraei-Ramazani et al.: Control of American … 173 http://jad.tums.ac.ir Published Online: June 12, 2018 Periplaneta americana is the largest spe- cies of cockroaches found in Iran. They orig- inated from South America, measures 30–40 mm in length and are reddish brown in color. The American cockroach lives in hot areas of buildings like the kitchens, heating rooms, warehouses and sewage systems (4). They usu- ally come out of their hiding places at night for feeding and other activities (7). The adult cockroaches are long-lived and can live for as long as one year or more producing large number of egg capsules during this period, depending on food availability (8). Sewerage is established to collect and con- vey sewage in urban areas in order to prevent contamination of soil and water resources. Some species of cockroaches including P. americana have colonized the sewerages, turning them into suitable environment for reproduction and growth posing serious health problems to hu- mans (9). Two different methods are involved main- ly in the control of cockroaches, chemical and non-chemical control methods. A third but not very common method of control involves the use of parasitoid wasp belonging to the fami- ly Evaniidae which naturally parasitize and destroy egg capsules of cockroaches. The non- chemical control method is not common, it in- volves the use of high-frequency ultra-vibra- tion sound generating device. Chemical con- trol method includes: residual spraying, dust- ing spray, mist spray and poisoned baits. The use of chemical insecticides to control cock- roaches is the most popular method. Fire and fogging have been proposed also in the con- trol of P. americana in sewers, steam tunnels, storehouses and outdoor areas (10, 11). The main pesticides used in chemical con- trol of cockroaches are classified into three clas- ses, pyrethroids, carbamates and organophos- phorus. Organochlorine is also used in some countries (12). In recent years, the extensive use of pes- ticides in the control of cockroaches has led to the development of resistance making cock- roaches to be ranked second after house flies (Musca domestica) with regards to insecticides resistance (13). Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is widely used in the control of cock- roaches across some Countries, but in Amer- ica, it was replaced with chlordane which is more effective. Chlordane, diazinon and mal- athion are three insecticides widely used in America to control cockroaches, while in Great Britain, diazinon and dieldrin are used often (14). Although, many researchers to achieve appropriate and effective insecticides control against cockroaches using newer methods are still ongoing (15). The determination of an ap- propriate and effective insecticide for the con- trol of P. americana in sewage system of Es- fahan is necessary, due to the high popula- tion of this species as a result of hot and hu- mid environment suitable for cockroaches. Resistance of cockroaches to insecticides can be delayed or avoided by using an appropri- ate insecticide. Different chemical products and physical control method were studied in three locations with old sewerage collection networks at Esfahan City until 2017 for the control of American cockroach. Materials and Methods Study area Esfahan is the capital city of Esfahan Prov- ince with an area of 250km2 and 1695789 res- idents. It is the second most populous metro- politan city after Tehran in the central of Iran. Its altitude is 1571m, latitude 32°38'30''N and longitude 51°39'40''E. This city is located in a dry semi-desert region with an annual rain- fall of 102mm, average summer maximum and winter minimum temperatures of 37.1 °C and - 5.81 °C, respectively (16). The study was conducted in three areas with old sewer networks with permission from Esfahan's Water and Wastewater Company (Fig. 1). Esfahan City has over 55375 man- http://jad.tums.ac.ir/ J Arthropod-Borne Dis, June 2018, 12(2): 172–179 AR Zahraei-Ramazani et al.: Control of American … 174 http://jad.tums.ac.ir Published Online: June 12, 2018 holes in its sewage system with an average depth of 9m on the main lines and 1meter on lateral lines. Most of the manhole covers were cast irons with two holes, and the average diameter of the holes was three centimeters. The shafts of the manholes were made of brick and cement coverings, and their stables moderate warmth and high humidity which provide excellent conditions for cockroaches. Totally, 164 manholes with at least more than three cockroaches were selected until 2017. The cast-iron covers were removed from each manhole and the species of cockroach in- festing the shaft were noted, the adults and nymphs were counted and recorded. Strong flashlights were used to facilitate counting, shafts with more than 300 cockroaches were estimated by counting 0.25m2 section of the shaft and multiplying by the number of sec- tions infested. Each sewer shaft was assigned to one treatment method in an ascending or- der of number of cockroaches counted, cod- ing the treatment method with paint on the lower part of the wall near the manhole cover. The manhole shafts were then inspected at 1 and 5 months after treatment. Control products The insecticide formulations used include, (1) Aqueous sprays of 5% (WP) carbaryl, 5% (WP) diazinon, 5%, 0.5%, 0.05% (EC) dia- zinon, 5%, 0.5%, 0.05% (EC) chlorpyrifos, and 0.02% (SC) responsar Beta-cyfluthrin (2). Thermal fogs 0.028g/m3 of cymperator (syn- thetic pyrethroid), cypermethrin and tetrame- thrin (EC), diazinon 0.5g/m3, and chlorpyri- fos 0.26g/m3. (3) Baits of 5% carbaryl and 50% boric acid. All the insecticides were prepared according to the description (17). All of ap- plied pesticides in this study were purchased from Bayer Company (Bayer Persian AG), Tehran, Iran. Fire with oil (10g/m2) was used to burn 10 manhole shafts and twenty untreat- ed infested manholes were used for control too. Number of cockroaches per manhole was counted monthly for 5 months’ post-treatment. Aqueous sprays were applied with HUD- SON X-Pert®110 power compression spray- er equipped with a nozzle, flexible hose, stain- less steel tubular spray tip extension on the handle grip, delivering 757cm3/ minute. The extension tube was lowered to the bottom of the shaft and the tip was raised upwards at a uniform rate of 0.5m/sec while the spray was applied. A 5% spray, therefore delivered about two grams of the active ingredient/m2. Boric acid baits in Petri dishes were placed in vas- es in dry ledge at the bottom of the shaft. Thermal fog with solutions was applied from a “Light-weight Model” TF 30. The TF 30 was operated at a combustion chamber tempera- ture of 600 °C, a dial flow setting of four l/h. Each manhole was treated for five seconds per m3. Fire was applied with HODSON X- Pert®110 filled with oil, the extension tube was lowered almost to the bottom of the shaft and spray was applied raising the tip upwards at a uniform rate of 10g/m2. Oxygen also was blown into the manhole with an electrical fan equipped with a flexible hose. The study was approved and carried out under the guidelines of Ethical Committee of the School of Public Health, Tehran Univer- sity of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. The study was conducted on sewerage system of Esfahan City with permission obtained from the General Directorate of Environment. Statistical analysis Efficacy was calculated from the visual counts of cockroaches in the manholes made periodically for up to five months after treat- ment. The total numbers of cockroaches per treatment were grouped. For any given treat- ment, Data analysis was done using SPSS software (Chicago, IL, USA) and a repeated measures ANOVA design was used to deter- mine different control methods of P. amer- icana in sewage system. http://jad.tums.ac.ir/ J Arthropod-Borne Dis, June 2018, 12(2): 172–179 AR Zahraei-Ramazani et al.: Control of American … 175 http://jad.tums.ac.ir Published Online: June 12, 2018 Results The effect of 15 types of pesticides or con- trol products on American cockroaches was in- vestigated. The number of examined manholes was 164. Twenty manholes were used as con- trols. Table 1 showed the mean and standard deviation of American cockroach’s frequency prior, one month and five months after inter- vention. The results of tests of Between-Subjects Effects showed that there was a significant dif- ference between the frequency of adult cock- roaches prior, one month and five months after intervention (F= 515.96, P< 0.001). Post hoc test showed that most of the pesticides and other control products showed significant differ- ences (Table 1). Table 2 shows the mean difference of Amer- ican cockroach’s frequency prior, one month and five months after the intervention com- pared to untreated. The highest mean difference of adult cockroaches was related to chlorpyr- ifos 5% (25.29) and then Boric Acid (24.97. There was a significant difference between Mean Difference of all tested pesticides and control (P< 0.05). Table 1. The mean and standard deviation of American cockroach’s frequency at prior one, one month and five months after the intervention, Esfahan City, Iran Control products Number of manholes Formulation Pre treatment After 1 month After 5 month Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Carbary l5% 10 WP 66.50 4.007 1.50 .972 66.20 4.872 Diazinin 5% 10 WP 58.40 3.098 0.00 0.00 27.60 2.271 Chlorpyrifos 5% 12 EC 25.42 2.065 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Chlorpyrifos 5% 10 WP 59.90 4.606 0.00 0.00 5.70 1.889 Chlorpyrifos 0.05% 10 EC 62.90 2.923 0.00 0.00 8.30 1.567 Diazinon 5% 13 EC 119.00 6.232 3.54 .877 1.00 0.707 Diazinin 0.5% 10 EC 41.40 2.797 0.10 0.316 6.70 1.418 Diazinon 0.05% 5 EC 37.60 3.209 0.60 0.548 5.00 1.000 Responsar 0.02% 10 SC 38.40 2.914 0.0 0.0 8.50 0.972 Cympermethrin 10 Fog 63.40 2.066 0.00 0.00 3.70 1.059 Diazinon 10 Fog 103.70 4.572 0.00 0.00 7.50 1.780 Chlorpyrifos 10 Fog 82.00 5.354 0.00 0.00 .10 0.316 Boric Acid 5 Bait 22.20 2.490 0.80 0.447 3.40 0.894 Carbary l5% 9 Bait 38.33 2.646 1.00 0.707 5.89 1.537 Fire 10 - 61.30 2.406 0.20 0.422 9.80 2.201 Untreated 20 - 41.05 3.017 19.65 2.254 40.60 3.393 Total 164 - 59.12 26.591 2.88 6.402 14.40 18.444 Table 2. Mean Difference of American cockroach’s frequency at before, one month and five months after the inter- vention compared to untreated, Esfahan City, Iran Control products Mean Difference 95% Confidence Interval Lower limit Upper limit Carbary l5% 10.97 9.22 12.72 Diazinin 5% -5.10 -6.85 -3.35 Chlorpyrifos 5% -25.29 -26.94 -23.65 Chlorpyrifos 5% -11.90 -13.65 -10.15 Chlorpyrifos 0.05% -10.03 -11.78 -8.28 Diazinon 5% 7.41 5.80 9.02 Diazinin 0.5% -17.70 -19.45 -15.95 http://jad.tums.ac.ir/ J Arthropod-Borne Dis, June 2018, 12(2): 172–179 AR Zahraei-Ramazani et al.: Control of American … 176 http://jad.tums.ac.ir Published Online: June 12, 2018 Diazinon 0.05% -19.37 -21.62 -17.11 Responsar 0.02% -18.13 -19.88 -16.38 Cympermethrin -11.40 -13.15 -9.65 Diazinon 3.30 1.55 5.05 Chlorpyrifos -6.40 -8.15 -4.65 Boric Acid -24.97 -27.22 -22.71 Carbary l5% -18.69 -20.51 -16.88 Fire -10.0 -11.75 -8.25 Fig. 1. Location of Esfahan Province and city located in central part of Iran Discussion American cockroach is an urban pest that is prevalent in sewerage collection networks in tropical and subtropical countries. In this study, P. americana was the most prevalent species in Esfahan sewerage system. The find- ing is in agreement with the results of previ- ous studies (18, 19). Periplaneta americana is commonly found in urban regions that have sewage pipe-lines connected to human dwell- ings, which is suitable for this species growth, reproduction, and distribution (7). Almost all the chemical products (Except boric acid with bait formulation) and fire used in this study resulted appropriate for control of cockroach at the end of the first month. Efficacy and persistence of insecticides in old sewer systems depend on several factors such as climatic conditions, amounts of organic mat- ter, the population of cockroaches, the pres- ence of resistant population, the type of ac- tive matter and the kind of formulation. There were many problems on the control of cock- roaches with the use of pesticides for several reasons (20), and the main reason is that com- Table 1. Continued… http://jad.tums.ac.ir/ J Arthropod-Borne Dis, June 2018, 12(2): 172–179 AR Zahraei-Ramazani et al.: Control of American … 177 http://jad.tums.ac.ir Published Online: June 12, 2018 monly used insecticides may lead to resistant in cockroaches. Besides, many pesticides are repellents to cockroaches and their usage is avoided. Chemical control methods provide only temporary control, it should be accompanied by other control methods such as solid waste management, water and wastewater treatment, industrial waste treatment, noise, pollution con- trol and house improvement (20). The use of chemical control method to reduce popula- tion of cockroaches is limited by several fac- tors such as the development of natural re- sistance in P. americana population and its negative impacts on human health. Periplaneta americana takes between 4–12 months to com- plete its life cycle and the number of genera- tions per year is not as many as in other spe- cies, therefore the expression of resistant genes could take more time (21). The use of pesticides with strong vector control management is the most efficient method of controlling this pest in many re- gions of the world. Various formulations (sprays, dust and baits registered) have been used in the control of P. americana, but there is little evidence as to their efficacy in sewers. Aqueous sprays of wettable powder of car- baryl and diazinon provides excellent result in the control of P. americana population at least for one month. However, the effects of these pesticides on the cockroaches lasted for less than five months. This was due to the in- ability of the pesticides to penetrate the egg sacs (Oothecae) and the long life cycle and breeding of cockroaches in the winter. Some insecticides lose their effectiveness after one month of application, as we observed the pop- ulation of cockroaches after 5 months did not decrease but increased. Chlorpyrifos 5% EC, diazinon 5% EC and diazinon 0.05% EC were suitable pesticides for cockroach control which provided an optimal reduction of P. ameri- cana populations for five months respective- ly. These pesticides provide more than 90% control for five months. Spraying emulsion with chlorpyrifos and diazinon in water (EC) provides a quick, temporary knockdown of cockroaches, they give long-term control rel- atively. Sprays are highly repellant to cockroaches and should not be applied to surfaces in areas where traps or bait stations are located. Sprays can also disperse cockroaches to other areas of the manhole from which they could later return. Moreover, cockroaches have become resistant to many insecticides that formerly were used to control them. For example, re- cently, the American cockroach has been found to be resistant to trichlorfon and diazinon in China USA (15). The results of this present study indicate chlorpyrifos 5%, diazinon and cymperator 5% used as fog formulation pro- vides an excellent reduction of American cock- roaches at the end of one and five months. At the end of the first month of treatment, 100% cockroach reduction was achieved and 91%, 81.7% and 99% at five months using these three pesticides. Thermal fogging was observed to be the best and simplest method for cockroaches con- trol in sewer system of Esfahan. These meth- ods were successful and consistent because thermal fogs of these pesticides penetrated deeply into the hiding places and they were particularly useful in basements of buildings, sewers and drainage systems. This method in the winter provides 99% reduction for up to five months and if used twice in a year, the cockroach’s population in the manholes will be decreased to zero. This technique works in control program of cockroach; it requires specialized equipment. Baits of carbaryl 5% and boric acid were used and they provided short time (one month) control of cockroaches in sewage system (98.3% and 83.9%). Their effects reduced over time and the methods were unsuccessful consistently because the cockroaches quickly consumed all the baits in the shafts and it was difficult and time- consuming to replace them. An important factor reported to affect baits http://jad.tums.ac.ir/ J Arthropod-Borne Dis, June 2018, 12(2): 172–179 AR Zahraei-Ramazani et al.: Control of American … 178 http://jad.tums.ac.ir Published Online: June 12, 2018 performance against American cockroaches is sanitation (22). Sanitation has been shown not to have a direct relationship with the level of domiciliary cockroach infestation in Malay- sia (23) (L) was investigated in residential and clustered setting according to their sanitary conditions, results indicate that at 1-week post- treatment, houses with good sanitary condi- tions showed significantly and faster reduc- tion in the number of cockroaches trapped (> 95%) than those with moderate and poor con- ditions. In this study the control effect of Re- sponsar 0.02% as suspension concentrate for- mulation at the end of one month was 100% but at the end of 5 months decreased to 71%. The use of residual insecticides to control cockroaches when their growth is slow (In winter) have a long-term effect in the control of cockroaches in sewerage systems. Use of fire with oil (10g/m3) as a physical control method was applied in 10 manholes and caused 99.7% and 76% reduction of P. americana after one and five months respectively. Conclusion The use of fire in manholes of sewerage systems is a suitable strategy in the control of cockroaches if done using proper equipment because it destroys the oothecae of cockroaches too. The advantage of these strategies was that lateral lines and adjacent manholes could be treated using these pesticides. Moreover, these control methods require specialized equipment. 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