Summary ²

Culex quinquefasciatus (earlier known as Culex fatigans), the southern house mosquito, is the vector of lymphatic filariasis caused by the nematode Wuchereria bancrofti in the tropics and subtropics. It also is a vector of avian malaria in birds.

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