Coquillettidia

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Coquillettidia /Co·quil·let·tid·ia/ (ko-kwil?e-tid´e-ah) a genus of large, mostly yellow, viciously biting, fresh-water mosquitoes; C. pertur´bans is a vector of eastern equine encephalitis in North America and C. venezuelen´sis is a South American species that is the vector of several arboviruses including Oropouche virus.

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Vector competence of selected North American Culex and Coquillettidia mosquitoes for West Nile virus.

West Nile virus viremia in eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus) ... by Rowley, Wayne A. / Emerging Infectious Diseases

In suburban Minnesota, Aedes vexans and Coquillettidia perturbans, both WNV-transmitting species, are the dominant species found in surveys, according to Jim Stark from the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District in Minneapolis.

Comparisons of mosquito populations before and after construction of ... by Hartwell, Megan / Journal of Environmental Health

2 2 Uranotaenia geometrica 2 2 Coquillettidia arribalzagae 6 70 76 C.

Postepizootic persistence of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, ... by Weaver, Scott C. / Emerging Infectious Diseases

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