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

Jeremy V CampTamás BakonyiZoltán SoltészThomas ZechmeisterNorbert Nowotny
Published in: Parasites & vectors (2018)
Efficient collection methods for Ur. unguiculata for arbovirus surveillance reflect mosquito questing behavior. Uranotaenia unguiculata targets frog species which call from the water, and it is likely that the novel WNV-lin. 4c is maintained in a frog-mosquito transmission cycle. The improved trapping methods listed here will assist future studies of the vector status of Ur. unguiculata for WNV and other arboviruses.
Keyphrases
  • aedes aegypti
  • dengue virus
  • zika virus
  • current status
  • genetic diversity
  • plasmodium falciparum