Culex modestus (no common name) is a species of blood-feeding mosquito of the family Culicidae. It has been experimentally demonstrated to be capable of transmitting West Nile virus (WNV),[2] and its habit of feeding aggressively on both birds and humans gives it significant potential for transmission of zoonotic infections from birds to humans. It is believed to be the principle bridge vector of WNV between birds and humans in southern France and is thought to have played a role in WNV transmission in the Danube delta, Caspian and Azov sea deltas, and the Volga region in Russia.[3] It has also been implicated in Tahyna virus and Lednice virus transmission in France and Slovakia, respectively.[3]
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^Balenghien T, Vazeille M, Reiter P, Schaffner F, Zeller H, Bicout DJ (June 2007). "Evidence of laboratory vector competence of Culex modestus for West Nile virus". Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 23 (2): 233–6. doi:10.2987/8756-971x(2007)23[233:eolvco]2.0.co;2. PMID 17847861. S2CID 34126531.
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number of Culexmodestus specimens was found in 2018 in Leningrad region of Russia, in which only occasional findings were known earlier. Cx. modestus larvae...
the virus in humans, dead birds, mosquitoes and horses. The mosquito (Culexmodestus) that can carry the virus breeds on the marshes of north Kent. This...
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locality for genus †Ctereacoris primigenus – type locality for species Culex †Culex winchesteri – type locality for species †Curculio †Curculio anicularis...
Cryptorhynchus †Cryptorhynchus annosus – type locality for species Cryptotis Culex †Culex damnatorum – type locality for species †Cupanieidites †Cupanieidites...
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