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New records of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) from Neuquén and La Rioja provinces, Argentina

Revista de Saúde Pública
The presence of Aedes aegypti is reported beyond its current limit of distribution in Argentina, in the city of Neuquén, Neuquén Province. Ovitraps were placed to collect Ae. aegypti eggs between December 2009 and April 2010.
Marta Grech, Andrés Visintin, Magdalena Laurito, Elizabet Estallo, Pablo Lorenzo, Irene Roccia, Maximiliano Korin, Facundo Goya, Francisco Ludueña-Almeida, Walter Almirón   +9 more
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New host and distribution for the mosquito parasite Strelkovimermis spiculatus

Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 2016
Strelkovimermis spiculatus , Poinar & Camino 1986 (Nematoda: Mer - mithidae) ha sido encontrado parasitando algunos géneros de mosquitos tales como Aedes ( Ochlerotatus ), Culex y Psorophora.
ROCIO P. LOPEZ, LEONARDO M. DÍAZ-NIETO, CORINA M. BERÓN   +2 more
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Scoping review of Culex mosquito life history trait heterogeneity in response to temperature

Parasites & Vectors, 2023
Background Mosquitoes in the genus Culex are primary vectors in the US for West Nile virus (WNV) and other arboviruses. Climatic drivers such as temperature have differential effects on species-specific changes in mosquito range, distribution, and ...
S. Moser, Martha Barnard, Rachel M. Frantz, Julie A. Spencer, Katie A. Rodarte, Isabel Crooker, Andrew W Bartlow, E. Romero-Severson, C. Manore   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Culex modestus: the overlooked mosquito vector

Parasites & Vectors, 2023
Culex ( Barraudius ) modestus (Ficalbi 1889) are found in temperate regions across Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. These mosquitoes thrive during the summer and prefer to breed in permanent vegetative habitats such as rice paddies and marshes.
Alina Soto, L. Delang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Vector Competence of Northern European Culex pipiens Biotype pipiens and Culex torrentium to West Nile Virus and Sindbis Virus

Viruses, 2023
The West Nile Virus (WNV) and Sindbis virus (SINV) are avian-hosted mosquito-borne zoonotic viruses that co-circulate in some geographical areas and share vector species such as Culex pipiens and Culex torrentium.
S. Jansen, A. Heitmann, Ruut Uusitalo, E. Korhonen, R. Lühken, Konstantin Kliemke, U. Lange, Michelle Helms, Lauri Kirjalainen, Roope Nykänen, H. Gregow, P. Pirinen, G. Rossini, O. Vapalahti, J. Schmidt-Chanasit, Eili Huhtamo   +15 more
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Belgian Culex pipiens pipiens are competent vectors for West Nile virus while Culex modestus are competent vectors for Usutu virus

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
Background West Nile virus (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) are emerging arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) in Europe transmitted by Culex mosquitoes. In Belgium, it is currently unknown which Culex species are competent vectors for WNV or USUV and if ...
Alina Soto, L. de Coninck, Ann-Sophie Devlies, Celine Van De Wiele, A. R. Rosales Rosas, Lanjiao Wang, J. Matthijnssens, L. Delang   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Origin and status of Culex pipiens mosquito ecotypes

Current Biology, 2022
SUMMARY The Northern House Mosquito Culex pipiens sensu stricto is one of the most important disease vector mosquitoes in temperate zones across the northern hemisphere, responsible for the emergence of West Nile Virus over the last two decades.
Yuki Haba, Linda L. McBride
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Updated distribution maps of predominant Culex mosquitoes across the Americas

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Estimates of the geographical distribution of Culex mosquitoes in the Americas have been limited to state and provincial levels in the United States and Canada and based on data from the 1980s.
M. Gorris, Andrew W Bartlow, S. D. Temple, D. Romero-Alvarez, D. Shutt, J. Fair, K. Kaufeld, S. D. Del Valle, C. Manore   +8 more
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Infection, Dissemination, and Transmission Potential of North American Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex tarsalis, and Culicoides sonorensis for Oropouche Virus

Viruses, 2021
Oropouche virus (OROV), a vector-borne Orthobunyavirus circulating in South and Central America, causes a febrile illness with high rates of morbidity but with no documented fatalities.
Bethany L. McGregor, C. R. Connelly, Joan L. Kenney   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluation of Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, and Culex quinquefasciatus Mosquitoes Competence to Oropouche virus Infection

Viruses, 2021
The emergence of new human viral pathogens and re-emergence of several diseases are of particular concern in the last decades. Oropouche orthobunyavirus (OROV) is an arbovirus endemic to South and Central America tropical regions, responsible to several ...
Silvana F de Mendonça, M. Rocha, F. Ferreira, Thiago Leite, Siad C. G. Amadou, Pedro H F Sucupira, J. Marques, Álvaro G A Ferreira, L. Moreira   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source