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Definition of species in the Culex sitiens subgroup (Diptera: Culicidae) from Papua New Guinea and Australia.
Journal of medical entomology - 1 Sept 2000
Chapman H F, Kay B H, Ritchie S A, van den Hurk A F, Hughes J M
Abstract excerpt
Japanese encephalitis is a disease of major importance in Asia, which from 1995 has extended its range into the north of Australia. Culex annulirostris Skuse of the Culex sitiens subgroup of Culex was incriminated as the most likely mosquito vector. Because misidentifications previously have occurred within this subgroup, our paper defines electrophoretic methods to identify Culex specimens from Queensland and...
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