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Low genetic diversity in Wolbachia-Infected Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Brazil and Argentina.
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - 1 Dec 2012
Morais Sirlei Antunes, Almeida Fábio de, Suesdek Lincoln, Marrelli Mauro Toledo
Abstract excerpt
Culex quinquefasciatus is a vector of human pathogens, including filarial nematodes and several viruses. Although its epidemiological relevance is known to vary across geographical regions, an understanding of its population genetic structure is still incipient. In light of this, we evaluated the genetic diversity of Cx. quinquefasciatus and Cx. pipiens x Cx. quinquefasciatus hybrids collected from nine...
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