Principal vector species
Culex pipiens
Culex pipiens is a filariasis / west nile vector recorded in 85 countries, and the target of 43 engineered-intervention research works in the Atlas corpus.
85
countries with a GBIF record
28k
occurrence records (effort-biased)
43
intervention-research works
Filariasis / West Nile vector
disease group
Associated diseases
The sourced disease group for this vector, and the diseases that group covers.
- Disease group
- Filariasis / West Nile vector
- Diseases
- Lymphatic filariasis, West Nile virus
Competence varies
This names the vector’s associated disease group. It is not a claim that every population of Culex pipiens transmits every listed disease, competence differs by population, pathogen strain and locale.
Where it is recorded
Countries with the most GBIF occurrence records for Culex pipiens. Records reflect sampling effort, not abundance.
85 countries total
Israel
Belgium
United Kingdom
Cabo Verde
Greece
Egypt, Arab Rep.
France
Germany
United States
Ukraine
Russian Federation
Italy
Spain
West Bank and Gaza
Portugal
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Albania
Serbia
Slovak Republic
Canada
Morocco
Australia
Sweden
+ 61 more countries with a record · browse all
Presence, not absence
A country missing here has no digitised GBIF record for Culex pipiens, which is not the same as the species being absent. Under-surveyed regions are systematically under-represented.
Engineered-intervention research
Research works targeting Culex pipiens by technology. Research activity, not a field-trial-site registry.
53 works (tech-tagged)
Wolbachia
16 works
GM release
15 works
SIT / IIT
12 works
Gene drive
10 works