"Culex" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of mosquitoes (CULICIDAE) commonly found in tropical regions. Species of this genus are vectors for ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS as well as many other diseases of man and domestic and wild animals.
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D003465
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.712.500.875.225
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Culex" by people in Profiles.
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Costa-da-Silva AL, Ioshino RS, Petersen V, Lima AF, Cunha MDP, Wiley MR, Ladner JT, Prieto K, Palacios G, Costa DD, Suesdek L, Zanotto PMA, Capurro ML. First report of naturally infected Aedes aegypti with chikungunya virus genotype ECSA in the Americas. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Jun; 11(6):e0005630.
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Thomas TG, Prakash V, Singh S, Mandal AK, Chauhan LS. Insecticide susceptibility status of Culex quinquefasciatus Say, the vector of bancroftian filariasis against temephos in Delhi and National Capital Region. Jpn J Infect Dis. 2013; 66(3):238-40.
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Vasilakis N, Forrester NL, Palacios G, Nasar F, Savji N, Rossi SL, Guzman H, Wood TG, Popov V, Gorchakov R, Gonz?lez AV, Haddow AD, Watts DM, da Rosa AP, Weaver SC, Lipkin WI, Tesh RB. Negevirus: a proposed new taxon of insect-specific viruses with wide geographic distribution. J Virol. 2013 Mar; 87(5):2475-88.
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Brackney DE, Beane JE, Ebel GD. RNAi targeting of West Nile virus in mosquito midguts promotes virus diversification. PLoS Pathog. 2009 Jul; 5(7):e1000502.