Publications

a review of the status and significance of the species within the culex pipiens group in australia.	the mosquito known in the northern hemisphere as culex pipiens (a.k.a. culex pipiens pipiens or culex pipiens form pipiens) is not known from australia. however, there are four species of the culex pipiens group: two indigenous, culex australicus and culex globocoxitus, and two introduced, culex quinquefasciatus and what is known locally as culex molestus (? = culex pipiens molestus or culex pipiens form molestus), all four being members of the pipiens subgroup (= 'pipiens complex'). the species ...	2012	23401942
"Bird biting" mosquitoes and human disease: a review of the role of Culex pipiens complex mosquitoes in epidemiology.	The transmission of vector-borne pathogens is greatly influenced by the ecology of their vector, which is in turn shaped by genetic ancestry, the environment, and the hosts that are fed on. One group of vectors, the mosquitoes in the Culex pipiens complex, play key roles in the transmission of a range of pathogens including several viruses such as West Nile and St. Louis encephalitis viruses, avian malaria (Plasmodium spp.), and filarial worms. The Cx. pipiens complex includes Culex pipiens pipi ...	2011	21875691
determination of mosquito (diptera: culicidae) bloodmeal sources in western australia: implications for arbovirus transmission.	a double-antibody enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to determine the bloodmeal sources of adult mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) collected in encephalitis vector surveillance mosquito traps in western australia between may 1993 and august 2004. in total, 2,606 blood-fed mosquitoes, representing 29 mosquito species, were tested, and 81.7% reacted with one or more of the primary antibodies. aedes camptorhynchus (thomson) and culex annulirostris skuse were the most common species tested, ma ...	2009	19769051
isolation of ross river virus from mosquitoes and from horses with signs of musculo-skeletal disease.	to report clinical and clinicopathological findings in horses naturally infected with ross river virus (rrv) and identify likely mosquito arbovirus vector species.	2003	15080456
hybridization in the culex pipiens complex.	studies of crosses of different strains of c. p. molestus in widely separated countries have given very similar results: crosses between certain combinations may be fully fertile or partly sterile.in the melbourne area of australia, molestus x fatigans hybrids are common during summer and autumn; a similar situation occurs in kansas, usa. in victoria (australia) cross-breeding between molestus and fatigans is common, but both retain their identity because of the existence of ecological barriers. ...	1967	5300065