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. 2024 Dec;13(1):2317914.
doi: 10.1080/22221751.2024.2317914. Epub 2024 Mar 5.

Mosquitoes (Culicidae) as a vector of Encephalitozoon hellem (Microsporidia)

Artur Trzebny  1 , Olena Nahimova  1   2 , Natalia Volkova  2 , Denys Hryhoriev  2 , Anna Slodkowicz-Kowalska  3 , Miroslawa Dabert  1
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Mosquitoes (Culicidae) as a vector of Encephalitozoon hellem (Microsporidia)

Artur Trzebny et al. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2024 Dec.
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Sampling places of mosquitoes with (red) and without (green) Encephalitozoon hellem-positive individuals. The size of circle corresponds to the number of analysed mosquitoes. Numeric value inside the circles: number of microsporidian-positive individuals/number of analysed mosquitoes. BAS: Basel; FRA: Frankfurt; GDA: Gdansk; HAI: Haidary; HAN: Hannover; INN: Innsbruck; KAT: Katowice; LUB: Lublin; POZ: Poznan; YAK: Yakovlivka.
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