Uranotaenia unguiculata Edwards, 1913 are attracted to sound, feed on amphibians, and are infected with multiple viruses

Abstract Background Uranotaenia unguiculata Edwards, 1913 is a species of mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) native to central Europe. Recently a novel lineage of the West Nile virus (WNV-lineage 4c) was identified in pools of adult female Ur. unguiculata. To increase the body of knowledge about this spe...

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Main Authors: Jeremy V. Camp, Tamás Bakonyi, Zoltán Soltész, Thomas Zechmeister, Norbert Nowotny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-018-3030-2