Taber's Medical Dictionary
Culex
(kū′leks″)
[L. culex, stem culic-, gnat, midge]
A genus of small to medium-sized mosquitoes distributed worldwide. Some species are vectors of disease organisms.
culicine (kū′lĭ-sīn″), adj.
Culex pipiens
The common house mosquito, a vector of several illnesses, including Wuchereria bancrofti and West Nile virus.
Culex quinquefasciatus
A tropical and subtropical species, and the most important intermediate host of Wuchereria bancrofti.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Culex." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766487/all/Culex.
Culex. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766487/all/Culex. Accessed September 21, 2021.
Culex. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th edition). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766487/all/Culex
Culex [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2021 September 21]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766487/all/Culex.
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