Biochemical characterization of insecticide resistance in field population of major JE vectors from northern districts of West Bengal, India

Culex vishnui Theobald, 1901, a main vector of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), is widely distributed in the Oriental region where it often accounts for a great part of the culicid fauna. This species also has been found naturally infected with at least 13 other arboviruses of medical and veterinary importance. Females blood feed predominantly upon pigs and birds, but may readily bite cattle and humans. Because of its abundance, medical importance, and presence throughout ecological gradients among urban, peri-urban, and rural areas, Cx. vishnui potentially may serve as a bridge vector transmitting viruses from natural and wild hosts to humans. Being zoo- and anthropophagic, omnipresent in the Oriental region, and presenting strong resistance to many insecticide families, this overlooked mosquito species may pose a serious health risk in one of the most densely populated regions of the world.

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Culex vishnui(Diptera: Culicidae): An Overlooked Vector of Arboviruses in South-East Asia

Maquart

Chann

Boyer

2022

Journal of Medical Entomology

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Biochemical characterization of insecticide resistance in field population of major JE vectors from northern districts of West Bengal, India

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Culex vishnui(Diptera: Culicidae): An Overlooked Vector of Arboviruses in South-East Asia

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