Culex mosquitoes are vectors of several bird-hosted arboviruses that cause outbreaks in Europe, such as Sindbis virus and West Nile virus. Recently, the human-biting form of Culex pipiens, Cx. pipiens biotype molestus, was found causing big nuisance in a housing cooperative in Gothenburg in southern Sweden, confirmed by molecular identification. This is the first report of human-biting Culex in Scandinavia, signalling increased risk of arbovirus infection in northern Europe.
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Hesson, J. C., Schäfer, M., & Lundström, J. O. (2016, December 7). First report on human-biting Culex pipiens in Sweden. Parasites and Vectors. BioMed Central. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1925-3
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