| laboratory transmission of japanese encephalitis and west nile viruses by molestus form of culex pipiens (diptera: culicidae) collected in uzbekistan in 2004. | we evaluated the molestus form of culex pipiens pipiens (l.) (hereafter referred to as "molestus") captured near tashkent, uzbekistan, for their ability to transmit japanese encephalitis (family flaviviridae, genus flavivirus, jev) and west nile (family flaviviridae, genus flavivirus, wnv) viruses under laboratory conditions. these molestus were highly competent laboratory vectors of wnv, with infection and dissemination rates of 96 and 81%, respectively. approximately 75% of female molestus tha ... | 2006 | 16619614 |