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. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766487/all/Culex_pipiens.
Culex. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766487/all/Culex_pipiens. Accessed March 30, 2023.
Culex. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766487/all/Culex_pipiens
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