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Culex
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Culex /Cu·lex/ (ku´leks) a genus of mosquitoes found throughout the world, many species of which are vectors of disease-producing organisms.
Cu·lex (kylks)
n.
A genus of mosquitoes that act as vectors for many diseases of humans and domestic and wild animals.
Culex
[koo′leks]
a genus of humpbacked mosquitoes (Culicidae). It includes species that transmit viral encephalitis and filariasis. Culex pipiens is the most widely distributed mosquito globally.
Culex
a genus of mosquitoes found throughout the world; cause insect worry and many species transmit various infectious agents, e.g. microfilariae, apicomplexan parasites and viruses, such as those of Japanese encephalitis and equine encephalomyelitis.
Culex pipiens
transmits the virus of fowlpox.
Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus
a serious pest of poultry and carrier of a number of poultry diseases.
Culex tarsalis
transmits western equine encephalomyelitis.
Culex tritaeniohynchus
transmits Japanese encephalitis virus.


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SLEV is widely distributed in the United States and in Central and South America, maintained in transmission cycles involving Culex mosquitoes and various birds (3).
Genotype III Saint Louis Encephalitis virus outbreak, Argentina, 2005 by Contigiani, Marta / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The $295 Mosquito Magnet Defender or $495 Mosquito Magnet Liberty by American Biophysics are more effective, although Consumer Reports tests showed them to have only moderate success against Culex mosquitoes.
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To evaluate the role of Culex mosquitoes as enzootic and epidemic vectors for WNV, we identified the source of vertebrate blood by polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencing portions of the cytochrome b gene of mitochondrial DNA.
Host feeding patterns of Culex mosquitoes and West Nile virus ... by Vossbrinck, Charles R. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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