Points to Consider When Establishing and Rearing Culex Mosquitoes in the Laboratory.
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DOI: 10.1101/pdb.top107823
Abstract: Culex mosquitoes transmit several pathogens to humans and animals, including viruses that cause West Nile fever and St. Louis encephalitis and filarial nematodes that cause canine heartworm and elephantiasis. Additionally, these mosquitoes have a cosmopolitan… read more here.
Keywords: consider establishing; culex; establishing rearing; rearing culex ... See more keywords
What's Eating You? Culex Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus.
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DOI: 10.12788/cutis.0251
Abstract: West Nile virus (WNV) commonly presents cutaneously as a maculopapular rash on the trunk and extremities that most often appears around the time of defervescence and may serve as a positive prognostic indicator. Several laboratory… read more here.
Keywords: mosquitoes west; culex mosquitoes; nile virus; west nile ... See more keywords
Quantitative reverse transcription PCR assay to detect a genetic marker of pyrethroid resistance in Culex mosquitoes
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252498
Abstract: Pyrethroid insecticides are widely used to control mosquitoes that transmit pathogens such as West Nile virus (WNV) to people. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in the knockdown resistance locus (kdr) of the voltage gated sodium channel… read more here.
Keywords: quantitative reverse; culex; resistance; pcr assay ... See more keywords
Detection of West Nile virus in a common whitethroat (Curruca communis) and Culex mosquitoes in the Netherlands, 2020
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DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2020.25.40.2001704
Abstract: On 22 August, a common whitethroat in the Netherlands tested positive for West Nile virus lineage 2. The same bird had tested negative in spring. Subsequent testing of Culex mosquitoes collected in August and early… read more here.
Keywords: west nile; nile virus; common whitethroat; culex mosquitoes ... See more keywords