title: Mosquitoes and tyres.
abstract: Car tyres not only help people to move about, they also assist exotic mosquitoes in travelling thousands of miles around the world to colonise new areas. The remarkable adaptability of mosquitoes that has led to their enormous success in the past can be seen close to home.
authors.affiliation: School of Biosciences, University of East London, UK.
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Snow
authors.forename: Clement
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ramsdale
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001336:Automobiles; D001947:Breeding; D009033:Culicidae / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D006113:United Kingdom