Mosquito community composition in South Africa and some neighboring countries

Authors: Cornel AJ, Lee Y, Almeida APG, Johnson T, Mouatcho J, Venter M, de Jager C, Braack L
Publication Year: 2018
Journal: Parasites & Vectors
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29859109

BACKGROUND: A century of studies have described particular aspects of relatively few mosquito species in southern Africa, mostly those species involved with disease transmission, specifically malaria and arboviruses. Patterns of community composition such as mosquito abundance and species diversity are often useful measures for medical entomologists to guide broader insights and projections regarding disease dynamics […]
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Comparative morphological and molecular analysis confirms the presence of the West Nile virus mosquito vector, Culex univittatus, in the Iberian Peninsula

Authors: Almeida AP, Braack L, Bravo-Barriga D, Frontera E, Mixão V, Novo MT, Parreira R, Sousa CA, Venter M
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: Parasites & Vectors
Link: https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-016-1877-7

Mosquito community composition in South Africa and some neighboring countries

Comparative morphological and molecular analysis confirms the presence of the West Nile virus mosquito vector, Culex univittatus, in the Iberian Peninsula

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