High genetic diversity in the Culex pipiens complex from a West Nile Virus epidemic area in Southern Europe

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Simonato, Mauro ^a   Martinez Sañudo, Isabel ^a   Cavaletto, Giacomo ^a   Santoiemma, Giacomo ^a   Saltarin, Andrea ^b   Mazzon, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Istituto Tecnico Agrario O Munerati   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase 2; Culex pipiens complex; Cytochrome oxidase; Genetic diversity; Mitochondrial DNA; Mosquitoes; Nuclear DNA; West Nile Virus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE 2 GENE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CULEX PIPIENS; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE SUBUNIT 1 GENE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE SUBUNIT 2 GENE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; ITALY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; WEST NILE VIRUS; WETLAND; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULEX; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER;

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; INSECT PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULEX; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EPIDEMICS; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; INSECT PROTEINS; ITALY; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 84961230870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1429-1     Document Type: Article

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