Aedes mosquito species in western Saudi Arabia

The Aedes Meigen (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquito species populations in the western region of Saudi Arabia, especially in and around Jeddah, are increasing, therefore increasing susceptibility of humans to the dengue virus. An extensive survey was carried out for one year, and four species were identi...

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Autores principales: Alikhan, Masroor, Ghamdi, Khalid Al, Mahyoub, Jazem Abdullah
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4207515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25373216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jis/14.1.69
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description The Aedes Meigen (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquito species populations in the western region of Saudi Arabia, especially in and around Jeddah, are increasing, therefore increasing susceptibility of humans to the dengue virus. An extensive survey was carried out for one year, and four species were identified with the help of different pictorial keys available. The identification was based on morphological characteristics of adult female Aedes mosquitoes.
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spelling pubmed-42075152014-11-04 Aedes mosquito species in western Saudi Arabia Alikhan, Masroor Ghamdi, Khalid Al Mahyoub, Jazem Abdullah J Insect Sci Papers The Aedes Meigen (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquito species populations in the western region of Saudi Arabia, especially in and around Jeddah, are increasing, therefore increasing susceptibility of humans to the dengue virus. An extensive survey was carried out for one year, and four species were identified with the help of different pictorial keys available. The identification was based on morphological characteristics of adult female Aedes mosquitoes. Oxford University Press 2014-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4207515/ /pubmed/25373216 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jis/14.1.69 Text en This is an open access paper. We use the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license that permits unrestricted use, provided that the paper is properly attributed. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, providedthe original work is properly cited.
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Aedes mosquito species in western Saudi Arabia
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title_full Aedes mosquito species in western Saudi Arabia
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title_short Aedes mosquito species in western Saudi Arabia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4207515/
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