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. 2023:2585:145-156.
doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2760-0_14.

Mosquito Surveillance for West Nile Virus

Donald A Yee  1 , Ary Faraji  2 , Ilia Rochlin  3   4
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Mosquito Surveillance for West Nile Virus

Donald A Yee et al. Methods Mol Biol. 2023.

Abstract

Identifying the mosquitoes responsible for transmitting human disease-causing pathogens is of critical importance for effective control of mosquito-borne outbreaks. West Nile virus is often transferred by adult female mosquitoes in the genus Culex, which deposit eggs in a variety of aquatic habitats throughout the world. Herein we describe several methodological approaches to monitor these species in nature, as well as offering details for data collection and analysis.

Keywords: Aedes; Culex; Modeling; Mosquito adult; Surveillance; Traps; Vector control.

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