The arbovirus vector Culex torrentium is more prevalent than Culex pipiens in northern and central Europe

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 179-186

  Hesson, J C ^a   Rettich, F ^b   Merdic E ^c   Vignjevic G ^c   Ostman O ^a   Schafer M ^a,d   Schaffner, F ^e   Foussadier, R ^f   Besnard, G ^f   Medlock, J ^g   Scholte, E J ^h   Lundstrom J O ^a,d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^c JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^d Swedish Biological Mosquito Control Project   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f Entente Interdépartementale Rhône Alpes pour la Démoustication ^*  (France)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^h Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abundance; Culex pipiens; Culex torrentium; Distribution; Europe; Sindbis; Usutu; West Nile

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; GROWING SEASON; LARVA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

CZECH REPUBLIC; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SCANDINAVIA;

ARBOVIRUS; AVES; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX TORRENTIUM; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; USUTU VIRUS;

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; INSECT PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARBOVIRUS; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; EUROPE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUSES; CULEX; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EUROPE; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84901427425     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mve.12024     Document Type: Article

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