Culex

Culex (also called the common house mosquito) is a genus of mosquitoes.^[1] It includes several species of mosquitoes that vector (carry and transmit) one or more important diseases between birds, humans and other animals. The diseases they vector include West Nile virus,^[2] as well as arbovirus and filariasis infections.^[3] A connection between Culex mosquitoes and malaria was first shown by Major Ronald Ross of the British Army.^[4] Ross received a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work.^[5]

Photograph of a female Culex mosquito