Comparative morphological and molecular analysis confirms the presence of the West Nile virus mosquito vector, Culex univittatus, in the Iberian Peninsula

BACKGROUND: Culex univittatus and Culex perexiguus mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) are competent arbovirus vectors, but with unclear morphological differentiation. In Europe, and in the Iberian Peninsula in particular, the presence of either or both species is controversial. However, in order to con...

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Autores principales: Mixão, Verónica, Bravo Barriga, Daniel, Parreira, Ricardo, Novo, Maria Teresa, Sousa, Carla Alexandra, Frontera, Eva, Venter, Marietjie, Braack, Leo, Almeida, António Paulo Gouveia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5123335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27884174
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1877-7

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