Charles G. Stockton, C. C. Frederick, E. S. McKee, Edward B. Angell, Emory Lanphear,
... by Disease, Yellow Fever: Its Transmission by the Culex Mosquito, Translations Relaxation of the Perineum and Vulva ...
1886 - Gale Group | NCCO-STM 1of2
The host blood sources of 5 species of Culex collected from several sites on both Florida coasts ... precipitin tests. Results indicate that in Florida (1) Culex territans is essentially a parasite of cold-blooded vertebrates as it is elsewhere, (2) Culex Pipiens quinquefasciatus is a general feeder, mostly on domestic birds and mammals, and passerines, (3) Culex salinarius is also a general feeder but C. ... feed primarily on mammals in certain habitats, (4) Culex nigripalpus is an extremely opportunistic mosquito which feeds ...
Tópico(s): Vector-borne infectious diseases
1974 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Medical Entomology

Ricardo Lourenço‐de‐Oliveira, Rosemarie Heyden, Teresa Fernandes da Silva,
... humanas. Os criadouros transitórios foram mais freqüentados por Culex saltanensis e pelas espécies da tribo Aedini, como ... foram mananciais de formas imaturas de Mansonia titillans, Culex amazonensis, Culex chidesteri, Culex bidens, Culex declarator, Culex nigripalpus e Culex plectoporpe. Algumas espécies foram coletadas em recipientes naturais: Culex ocellatus, os Culex (Microculex), Phoniomyia davisi, Phoniomyia deanei e Wyeomyia forcipenis, em bromélias; Aedes terrens, Culex gairus e Culex imitador, em buraco em árvore; ...
Tópico(s): Mosquito-borne diseases and control
1986 - Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Thomas Weitzel, Amandine Collado, Artur Jöst, Kerstin Pietsch, Völker Storch, Norbert Becker,
The Culex pipiens complex consists of several species, subspecies, forms, races, physiological variants, or biotypes according to different authors ... several European countries. For comparison, 5 populations of Culex quinquefasciatus from Asia, Africa, and North America were ... of differentiation between geographic populations of both groups. Culex torrentium, Cx. modestus, Culex stigmatosoma, and Culex territans were studied for comparison as taxonomical well- ... pipiens biotype molestus could be a distinct taxon. Culex quinquefasciatus could be diagnosed as genetically well separated, ...
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2009 - American Mosquito Control Association | Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
Michael J. Turell, Monica L. O’Guinn, Roberto Navarro, Guadeloupe Romero, José G. Estrada-Franco,
... evaluated the vector competence of Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann), Culex cancer Theobald, Culex pseudes (Dyar and Knab), Culex taeniopus Dyar and Knab, and a Culex (Culex) species, probably Culex quinquefasciatus Say, and Culex nigripalpus Theobald from Chiapas, Mexico, and Tocoa, Honduras, ... IE) strains of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (VEE) virus. Culex pseudes was highly susceptible to infection with both ... strain (infection rates < or = 35%, n = 233). The Culex (Culex) species were refractory to both subtypes of ...
Tópico(s): Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
2003 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Medical Entomology
... p. 95-98 Male swarming of the mosquito Culex (Culex) torrentium in England M. W. SERVICE, Corresponding Author ... 152. Gillies, M.T. & Gubbins, S.J. (1982) Culex (Culex) torrentiitm Martini and Cx. (Cx.) pipiens L. in ... 5–7. Ivanova, I.O. (1984) Study of Culex pipiens pipiens L. swarming. Meditsinskaya Parazitologiya i Parazitarnve ... 24. Jaenson, T.G.T. (1987) Overwintering of Culex mosquitoes in Sweden and their potential as reservoirs ... Entomology. 1, 151–156. Jupp, P.O. (1979) Culex (Culex) pipiens and Culex (Cx.) torrentiitm (Diptera: Culicidae) ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Vectors
1994 - Wiley | Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Joana Alves, Bruno Gomes, Regina Furtado Rodrigues, João S. Silva, Ana Paula Arez, João Pinto, Carla A. Sousa,
... mosquito biogeography in the archipelago. An additional species, Culex perexiguus, was collected for the first time in ... S. Vicente Island. Finally, two species of the Culex pipiens complex, both with significant medical importance, have been recorded for the archipelago. Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823, the well-known vector of ... S. Nicolau. The nominal species of the complex, Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758, implicated in the transmission of ... the presence of hybrids between Cx. pipiens and Culex quinquefasciatus. The Cape Verde archipelago is classified as ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Vectors
2010 - Wiley | Journal of Vector Ecology
Diego A. Pires, Raquel M. Gleiser,
... in 2005. Eight species in the genera Aedes, Culex, and Mansonia were identified. At 64.2% (34 ... associated species, the highest richness found per site. Culex quinquefasciatus represented over 99% (out of 32,729) ... 4% permanent. Eight species of the genera Aedes, Culex, and Mansonia were identified (Table 1). At 64. ... detected in pools in the stream/river margins. Culex quinquefasciatus was the most frequent species, representing over ... of the sites it was associated with other Culex species. Considering that most species were found in ...
Tópico(s): Malaria Research and Control
2010 - Wiley | Journal of Vector Ecology
Howard S. Ginsberg, Ilia Rochlin, Scott R. Campbell,
... late summer (estimated using maximum-likelihood estimates of Culex positivity in August and September) were early date ... Ae. vexans at our sites. Three species of Culex at our study sites (Cx. pipiens, Cx. restuans, ... programs generally report pools of these species as "Culex pipiens/restuans" or "Culex pipiens/restuans/salinarius" (Slaff and Crans 1982, White ... compiled collections into two categories (Aedes spp. and Culex spp.) for our analysis. Mosquito pools that were ... We assessed levels of infection in pools of Culex spp. using three measures; 1) the proportion of ...
Tópico(s): COVID-19 epidemiological studies
2010 - Wiley | Journal of Vector Ecology
Channsotha Suom, Howard S. Ginsberg, Andrew Bernick, C. D. Klein, P. A. Buckley, Christa Salvatore, Roger A. LeBrun,
... was then captured throughout the night. In contrast, Culex spp. (Cx. pipiens (Linnaeus) and Cx. restuans (Theobald) ... pattern suggests that management activities directed at adult Culex spp. would be most effective if initiated well ... Edwards), Ae. caspius (Pallus), Ae. dorsalis (Meigen), and Culex pipiens (Linnaeus). It was noted that Cx. tritaeniorhynchus ( ... between 18:30–20:00 in Massachusetts and Culex spp. questing activity was also observed to be ... stored frozen for later identification using standard keys. Culex spp. were identified using morphological characters (Andreadis et ...
Tópico(s): Insect Pest Control Strategies
2010 - Wiley | Journal of Vector Ecology
... 5 genera: Aedes (1 species), Anopheles (13 species), Culex (9 species), Culiseta (1 species) and Uranotaenia (1 ... subpictus Grassi, Anopheles superpictus Grasssi, Anopheles tenebrosus Donitz, Culex laticinctus Edwards, Culex perexiguus Theobald, Culex pipiens Linnaeus, Culex pusillus Macquart, Culex quinquefasciatus Say, Culex simpsoni Theobald, Culex torrentium Martini, Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles, Culex univittatus Theobald, Culiseta longiareolata Macquart ...
Tópico(s): Malaria Research and Control
2010 - Elsevier BV | Journal of King Saud University - Science
Shufang Jiang, Yingmei Zhang, Xiaoxia Guo, Yan-De Dong, Dan Xing, Rui‐De Xue, Tongyan Zhao,
... and sustaining West Nile virus (WNV), four important Culex mosquito species, Culex tritaeniorhynchus, Culex modestus, Culex pipiens pallens, and Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus, were allowed to feed on the ... and transmission rates. The results indicated that four Culex mosquitoes were competent laboratory vectors of WNV. The ...
Tópico(s): Dengue and Mosquito Control Research
2010 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Medical Entomology
Marina Stein, Francisco Ludueña-Almeida, Juana Alicia Willener, Walter R. Almirón,
... consisted of Aedes aegypti. Group 2 consisted of Culex imitator, Culex davisi, Wyeomyia muehlensi and Toxorhynchites haemorrhoidalis separatus. Within ... cingulata, Ochlerotatus hastatus-oligopistus, Ochlerotatus serratus, Ochlerotatus scapularis, Culex intrincatus, Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex pilosus, Ochlerotatus albifasciatus, Culex bidens) and B (Culex maxi, Culex eduardoi, Culex chidesteri, Uranotaenia lowii, Uranotaenia pulcherrima, Anopheles neomaculipalpus, Anopheles ...
Tópico(s): Dengue and Mosquito Control Research
2011 - Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Jenny Carlson, Juan E. Martínez‐Gómez, Anthony J. Cornel, Claire Loiseau, Ravinder N. M. Sehgal,
... abundant in the salt marshes. We also collected Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823 close to human dwellings. Mitochondrial ... et al. 2001). For example, the introduction of Culex quinquefasciatus to the Hawaiian Islands was followed by ... the Galápagos Islands range: the southern house mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823, the black salt marsh mosquito ... pooled for DNA isolation. Two species were identified; Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823 and the black salt marsh ... of Cx. quinquefasciatus as a member of the Culex pipiens complex was confirmed by morphology of male ...
Tópico(s): Avian ecology and behavior
2011 - Wiley | Journal of Vector Ecology
Diawo Diallo, Cheikh Talla, Yamar Bâ, Ibrahima Dia, Amadou Alpha Sall, Mawlouth Diallo,
... after a lag time of one month for Culex (Culex) poicilipes (Theobald) and Culex (Culex) neavei Theobald. All the vectors had their highest ... several species of mosquitoes, mainly of Aedes and Culex genera (Traore-Lamizana et al. 2001, Molaei et ... infected with RVFV and WNV in Africa are Culex (Culex) poicilipes (Theobald), Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans Patton, and Culex (Culex) neavei Theobald. All these vectors breed in temporary ... et al. 2005). But the flight range of Culex (Culex) neavei is still unknown. In Senegal, although ...
Tópico(s): Fire effects on ecosystems
2011 - Wiley | Journal of Vector Ecology
Álvaro Díaz-Badillo, Bethany G. Bolling, Gerardo Pérez‐Ramírez, Chester G. Moore, Jorge Pascual Martínez-Muñoz, América Padilla-Viveros, Minerva Camacho-Nuez, Alfonso Diaz-Perez, Barry J. Beaty, Marı́a de Lourdes Muñoz,
Abstract Background Culex spp. mosquitoes are considered to be the most important vectors of West Nile virus (WNV) detected in at ... mosquitoes in the United States. In North America, Culex pipiens pipiens, Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus , and Culex tarsalis are all competent vectors of WNV, which ... Little is known of the geographic distribution of Culex pipiens complex mosquitoes and hybrids in Mexico City. Culex pipiens pipiens preferentially feed on avian hosts; Culex ...
Tópico(s): Malaria Research and Control
2011 - BioMed Central | Parasites & Vectors
Jayne M. Deichmeister, Aparna Telang,
... infrastructure was positively correlated with the abundance of Culex pipiens L./Cx. restuans, and our findings implicate combined sewer overflow systems as large contributors to Culex vector populations. No measure of urbanization examined in ... infected bird. Public health authorities have singled out Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae) and Culex restuans Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae) as main vectors because ... repeatedly occurred (Spielman 2001, Kilpatrick et al. 2005). Culex larval habitats remain one of the largest targets ...
Tópico(s): Malaria Research and Control
2011 - Wiley | Journal of Vector Ecology
Muhammad Uzair Mukhtar, Jeroen H. J. Ensink, Wim van der Hoek, Felix P. Amerasinghe, Flemming Konradsen,
... from WSP and irrigated areas yielded 606,053 Culex larvae of five species. In addition, 107,113 ... eight species were collected. Anopheles subpictus (Grassi) and Culex mosquitoes, especially Culex quinquefasciatus (Say) and Culex tritaeniorhynchus (Giles), showed an overwhelming preference for anaerobic ... ponds generated lower numbers of both Anopheles and Culex mosquitoes, whereas the last ponds in the series, ... nearby sites, irrigated with river water. Among the Culex species, Cx. tritaeniorhynchus was by far the most ...
Tópico(s): Blood donation and transfusion practices
2006 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Medical Entomology
Christopher M. Jones, Camille Machin, Khalfan A. Mohammed, Silas Majambere, Abdullah Ali, Bakari O Khatib, Juma H. Mcha, Hilary Ranson, Louise A. Kelly‐Hope,
... parasite Wuchereria bancrofti, and transmitted by the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus Say. The LF Programme in Zanzibar has ... as a public health problem. Here, we examine Culex mosquito species from the two main islands to ... susceptibility to the insecticides used for vector control.Culex mosquitoes collected during routine catches in Vitongoji, Pemba ... W. bancrofti infection using PCR. Insecticide bioassays on Culex mosquitoes were performed to determine susceptibility to permethrin, ... oxidase I (mtCOI) subunit performed to identify ambiguous Culex species.None of the wild-caught Culex mosquitoes ...
Tópico(s): Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
2012 - BioMed Central | Parasites & Vectors
Ethan Fechter-Leggett, Brittany M. Nelms, Christopher M. Barker, William K. Reisen,
... vertical transmission. Space-time clustering of WNV-positive Culex pipiens complex pools was detected in the northern ... Nile virus (WNV) is transmitted horizontally between ornithophilic Culex mosquitoes and passeriform birds, occasionally causing disease in “ ... control strategies (CDPH 2011). Mosquitoes in the genus Culex are the primary WNV vectors (Turell et al. ... in the laboratory has been demonstrated for several Culex species by virus recovery from the adult progeny ... WNV includes virus isolation from wild-caught adult Culex males (Miller et al. 2000, Anderson et al. ...
Tópico(s): Malaria Research and Control
2012 - Wiley | Journal of Vector Ecology

Andressa Francisca Ribeiro, Paulo Roberto Urbinatti, Ana Maria Ribeiro de Castro Duarte, Márcia Bicudo de Paula, Diego Mendes Pereira, Luís Filipe Mucci, Aristides Fernandes, Maria Helena Silva Homem de Mello, Marco Otávio de Matos Júnior, Rosane Correa de Oliveira, Délsio Natal, Rosely dos Santos Malafronte,
... were Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruzii, the Melanoconion section of Culex (Melanoconion), and Aedes serratus, while the most common in the anthropic site were Coquillettidia chrysonotum/albifera, Culex (Culex) Coronator group, and An. (Ker.) cruzii. Mosquito richness ... 5,371), followed by the Melanoconion section of Culex (Melanoconion) (n = 373) and Aedes serratus (n = 246). ... common species were Coquillettidia chrysonotum/albifera (n = 407), Culex (Culex) from the Coronator group (n = 321), and An. ( ... the wild environment. Forty species were identified, including Culex specimens from the subgenus Melanoconion. Some of these ...
Tópico(s): Insect Utilization and Effects
2012 - Wiley | Journal of Vector Ecology
The mosquito known in the northern hemisphere as Culex pipiens (a.k.a. Culex pipiens pipiens or Culex pipiens form pipiens) is not known from Australia. However, there are four species of the Culex pipiens group: two indigenous, Culex australicus and Culex globocoxitus, and two introduced, Culex quinquefasciatus and what is known locally as Culex molestus (? = Culex pipiens molestus or Culex pipiens form ...
Tópico(s): Malaria Research and Control
2012 - American Mosquito Control Association | Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
Grégory L’Ambert, Jean-Baptiste Ferré, Francis Schaffner, Didier Fontenille,
... specimens per night per trap (p<0.05). Culex pipiens was the most abundant species collected (36. ... Aedes caspius (22.7%), Anopheles hyrcanus (18.3%), Culex modestus (18.3%), and Aedes detritus (3.2%). ... the trap location, at ground or canopy level. Culex pipiens was twice as abundant in the canopy ... for Ae. caspius, An. hyrcanus, and Ae. detritus. Culex modestus was equally abundant at both levels. Resting ... southern France, West Nile virus is transmitted by Culex pipiens Linnaeus and Culex modestus Ficalbi (Balenghien et ...
Tópico(s): Zoonotic diseases and public health
2012 - Wiley | Journal of Vector Ecology
Yibayiri O. Sanogo, Avi Eitam, Stephen L. Dobson,
Gene flow between populations of Culex pipiens L. is relevant to observed differences in disease transmission, insecticide resistance, behavior, and physiology. Intracellular Wolbachia bacteria have been hypothesized ... between individuals with different Wolbachia types. Incompatibility in Culex is exceptional in that it represents the most complex CI pattern known, and yet Culex populations are not infected with divergent Wolbachia strains. ... in determining CI phenotype. Recent molecular characterization of Culex laboratory strains has identified variation in the orf7 ...
Tópico(s): Insect and Pesticide Research
2005 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Medical Entomology
Martin Rudolf, Christina Czajka, Jessica Börstler, Christian Melaun, Hanna Jöst, Heidrun von Thien, Marlis Badusche, Norbert Becker, Jonas Schmidt‐Chanasit, Andreas Krüger, Egbert Tannich, Stefanie Becker,
... in the case of sibling species, such as Culex. pipiens pipiens biotypes pipiens and molestus. To facilitate detection of different Culex pipiens forms and their hybrids we established a multiplex real-time PCR. Culex pipiens samples were obtained by egg raft collection ... and 2012. The predominant species in Germany are Culex pipiens pipiens biotype pipiens and Culex. torrentium, but we also detected Culex pipiens pipiens biotype molestus and hybrids of the ...
Tópico(s): Malaria Research and Control
2013 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
... However, based on the abundance of the vector Culex pipiens, the livestock densities and the temperature in ... Tijane M, Sarih M and Failloux AB, 2012. Culex pipiens, an experimental efficient vector of West Nile ... feeding and ovarian development in mosquitoes of the Culex pipiens complex. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and ... Mohsen A, 1987a. Distribution and bionomics of Egyptian Culex antennatus (Becker). Journal of the Egyptian Society of ... Shoukry A, 1987b. Distribution and bionomics of Egyptian Culex univittatus (Theobald). Journal of the Egyptian Society of ...
Tópico(s): Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
2013 - Wiley | EFSA Journal
S.H.P.P. Karunaratne, Janet Hemingway, K. G. I. Jayawardena, Vasanthi Dassanayaka, Ashley M. Vaughan,
... from the insecticide-susceptible Pel SS strain of Culex quinquefasciatus. These were the two major esterase activity ... Pel SS esterases was electrophoretically identical to amplified Culex Estβ1. However, it differed kinetically, and in its ... from the insecticide-susceptible Pel SS strain of Culex quinquefasciatus. These were the two major esterase activity ... Pel SS esterases was electrophoretically identical to amplified Culex Estβ1. However, it differed kinetically, and in its ... pesticides, both directly and indirectly against the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus, has resulted in the selection of broad ...
Tópico(s): Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
1995 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Biological Chemistry
Ashley M. Vaughan, Janet Hemingway,
Organophosphorus insecticide resistance in Culex mosquitoes is commonly caused by increased activity of one or more esterases. The commonest phenotype involves elevation of the esterases ... isolated from a Sri Lankan insecticide-resistant mosquito (Culex quinquefasciatus, Say) expression library. In line with a ... Are Involved in Insecticide Resistance in the Mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus. Ph.D. thesis, University of London), as ... acid level) between the estα21 and the various Culex estβ (B1 and B2) cDNA alleles that have ...
Tópico(s): Computational Drug Discovery Methods
1995 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Biological Chemistry

Bruna Demari-Silva, Peter G. Foster, Tatiane M. P. Oliveira, Eduardo Sterlino Bergo, Sabri Saeed Sanabani, Rodrigo Rodrigues Pessoa, Maria Anice Mureb Sallum,
... Coronator Group currently encompasses six morphologically similar species (Culex camposi Dyar, Culex coronator Dyar and Knab, Culex covagarciai Forattini, Culex usquatus Dyar, Culex usquatissimus Dyar, and Culex ousqua Dyar). Culex coronator has been incriminated as ...
Tópico(s): Vector-borne infectious diseases
2015 - BioMed Central | BMC Genomics
... Ochlerotatus caspius (Pallas 1771), Anopheles stephensi (Liston 1901), Culex quinquefasciatus (Say 1823) (Cx. quinquefasciatus), Culex pipiens biotype molestus (Forskal 1775) (Cx. pipiens), Culex univittatus (Theobald 1901), Culex pusillus (Macquart 1850), Culex tritaeniorhynchus (Giles 1901) (Cx. tritaeniorhynchus), Culex laticinctus (Edwards 1913), Culex sitiens (Weidmann 1828) and Culex perexiguus (Theobald 1901). The new recorded species were Cx. quinquefasciatus, Cx. tritaeniorhynchus, Culex laticinctus, Culex sitiens and Culex perexiguus. The most ...
Tópico(s): Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
2015 - Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease Editorial Office | Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease