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
+ 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
Mosticare Ühing (2026). Mosquito Intelligence Atlas, vector distribution, disease burden, and engineered-intervention literature. Derived from GBIF, WHO GHO, World Bank, OpenAlex and Natural Earth. https://www.mosticare.org/atlas
Data vintage 2026-07-12. Independent of the funded programmes.