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.
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Yee, D.A., Faraji, A., Rochlin, I. (2023). Mosquito Surveillance for West Nile Virus. In: Bai, F. (eds) West Nile Virus. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2585. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2760-0_14
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