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- Title
Asociación de vector del VNO e hidrófito invasor: Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758 y Ludwigia grandiflora (Michaux) Greuter & Burdet en el marjal de Xeraco-Xeresa, Valencia.
- Authors
Alarcón-Elbal, Pedro María; Sánchez Murillo, José Marín; Delacour Estrella, Sarah; Ruiz Arrondo, Ignacio; Pinal Prieto, Rocío; Lucientes Curdi, Javier
- Abstract
The close relationship between one of the main vectors of West Nile virus (WNV), Culex pipiens (Diptera, Culicidae), and invasive aquatic plant Ludwigia grandiflora (Spermatophyta, Onagraceae) is reported on Xeraco-Xeresa marsh, a wetland in the south of the province of Valencia. Allochthonous hydrophytes sometimes play a major role in the uncontrolled proliferation of culicid populations and, consequently, also in the transmission and spread of many emerging and re-emerging mosquito-borne diseases. Considering the location of the wetland and the different climatic and biological factors, the emergence of West Nile virus infection outbreak in humans is a fairly likely at this Mediterranean side of the country.
- Publication
Anales de Biología, 2013, Issue 35, p17
- ISSN
1138-3399
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.6018/analesbio.0.35.4