Principal vector species
Culex quinquefasciatus
Culex quinquefasciatus is a filariasis / west nile vector recorded in 84 countries, and the target of 42 engineered-intervention research works in the Atlas corpus.
84
countries with a GBIF record
63k
occurrence records (effort-biased)
42
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 quinquefasciatus 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 quinquefasciatus. Records reflect sampling effort, not abundance.
84 countries total
United States
Mexico
Indonesia
Australia
Pakistan
Colombia
Thailand
Venezuela, RB
China
New Zealand
Benin
Panama
Brazil
Ecuador
Cuba
Puerto Rico (US)
Barbados
Papua New Guinea
India
Viet Nam
Antigua and Barbuda
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Dominica
+ 60 more countries with a record · browse all
Presence, not absence
A country missing here has no digitised GBIF record for Culex quinquefasciatus, which is not the same as the species being absent. Under-surveyed regions are systematically under-represented.
Engineered-intervention research
Research works targeting Culex quinquefasciatus by technology. Research activity, not a field-trial-site registry.
63 works (tech-tagged)
SIT / IIT
20 works
Wolbachia
16 works
Gene drive
14 works
GM release
13 works