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Culicidae

Known as: Mosquitos, Mosquitoes, Mosquito 
A family of the order DIPTERA that comprises the mosquitoes. The larval stages are aquatic, and the adults can be recognized by the characteristic… 
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Susceptibility status of Anopheles dthali and An. fluviatilis to commonly used larvicides in an endemic focus of malaria, southern Iran.
Malaria control is increasingly recognised as playing a key role in poverty reduction in high burdened countries. The programme… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Potential of Rubber Plantations as Breeding Source for Aedes albopictus in Kerala, India
Ever since the major outbreak of DF/DHF during 1996 in Delhi, dengue fever has been receiving manifold attention from health… 
1982
1982
In vitro skin evaporation and penetration characteristics of mosquito repellents.
An in vitro apparatus was used to study mosquito repellent evaporation and penetration characteristics with skin. The mosquito… 
1980
1980
Comparison between bacteriophage typing and serotyping for the differentiation of Bacillus sphaericus strains.
Eleven bacteriophages were isolated using mosquito pathogenic strains of B. sphaericus as hosts. The phage morphology and host… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Rapid, large-scale isolation of Plasmodium berghei sporozoites from infected mosquitoes.
The discontinuous gradient technique for recovery of malarial sporozoites from mosquitoes (Beaudoin et al., 1977) has been… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Failure of defective interfering particles of Sindbis virus produced in BHK or chicken cells to affect viral replication in Aedes albopictus cells
Whereas defective interfering particles of Sindbis virus are readily produced in BHK-21 cells or chicken embryo fibroblasts by… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Insect developmental inhibitors. 3. Effects on nontarget aquatic organisms.
Acute, short-term toxicity of ZR-515 (isopropyl 11-methoxy-3,7,11-trimethyl-2,4-dodecadienoate) on various aquatic organisms was… 
1972
1972
Factor affecting sex ratios of a mermithid parasite of mosquitoes.
The ratio of male to female Reesimermis nielseni Tsai and Grundmann, a nematode parasite of mosquito larvae, increased as the… 
1966
1966
The metabolism of [14C] 0,0-diethyl 0-(3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridyl)phosphorothioate (Dursban) in fish.
The new Dursban® insecticide is effective in controlling mosquitoes. The active ingredient of this insecticide is O, O -diethyl O… 
1952
1952
The Role of the Stolviach Wall in the Exogenous Development of Plasmodium Galllnaceum as Studied by Means of Haelviocoel Injections of Susceptible and Refractory Mosquitoes
After the discovery by Ross (1898) of the role played by mosquitoes in the transmission of plasmodia, the details of the life…