title: First report on human-biting Culex pipiens in Sweden.
abstract: Culex mosquitoes are vectors of several bird-hosted arboviruses that cause outbreaks in Europe, such as Sindbis virus and West Nile virus. Recently, the human-biting form of Culex pipiens, Cx. pipiens biotype molestus, was found causing big nuisance in a housing cooperative in Gothenburg in southern Sweden, confirmed by molecular identification. This is the first report of human-biting Culex in Scandinavia, signalling increased risk of arbovirus infection in northern Europe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology (IMBIM), Zoonotic Science Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. jenny.hesson@imbim.uu.se.|Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. jenny.hesson@imbim.uu.se.
authors.forename: Jenny C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hesson
authors.affiliation: Swedish Biological Mosquito Control Project, Nedre Dalälvens Utvecklings AB, Gysinge, Sweden.
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schäfer
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology (IMBIM), Zoonotic Science Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.|Swedish Biological Mosquito Control Project, Nedre Dalälvens Utvecklings AB, Gysinge, Sweden.
authors.forename: Jan O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Lundström
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001102:Arbovirus Infections / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D001103:Arboviruses / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D003465:Culex / Q000502:physiology* / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology* / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D013548:Sweden
keywords: Arbovirus; Mosquito vector; Sindbis virus; Vector-borne infections; West Nile virus; Zoonoses