For decades, Culex pipiens f. molestus was called the "London Underground Mosquito". Most people, including scientists, ...

A large international team of researchers has discovered that the mosquitoes that live in London's underground subway evolved ...

Study traces origin of mutant London underground mosquito to Middle East - The London Underground mosquito been extensively ...

Genetic analysis suggests a form of mosquito found in urban subway systems evolved in the Middle East thousands of years ago ...

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Mosquito blood meals reveal history of human infections In the 1990s, scientists suggested that molestus could have ... extracted DNA from 357 C. pipiens mosquitoes of both forms collected from ...

They are both maintained in an enzootic cycle involving birds and Culex spp mosquitoes. WNV has demonstrated its sensitivity to the consequences of climate change and there is already evidence that ...