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[Role of the mosquitoes Culex pipienis f. pipiens and Cx. pipiens f. molestus (Diptera, Culicidae) in the spread of West Nile virus in the south of Russia].
Meditsinskaia parazitologiia i parazitarnye bolezni - 1 Jan 2000
Fedorova M V, Shaĭkevich E V
Abstract excerpt
Cx. pipiens is one of the major vectors of West Nile virus in the south of Russia and it is represented by the autogenic form, molestus, and the non-autogenic form, pipiens. The spatial distribution of its larvae and food preferences of females was investigated to assess the potential role of each form in the spread of the virus. The taxonomic status of the mosquitoes was determined from their capacity for...
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