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SUBMITTER: Alahmed AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6642568 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alahmed Azzam M AM Munawar Kashif K Khalil Sayed M S SMS Harbach Ralph E RE
Parasites & vectors 20190719 1
<h4>Background</h4>Mosquito-borne pathogens are important causes of diseases in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Knowledge of the mosquito fauna is needed for the appropriate control of the vectors that transmit the pathogens and prevent the diseases they cause. An important first step is to have an up-to-date list of the species known to be present in the country. Original occurrence records were obtained from published literature and critically scrutinized to compile a list of the mosquito species ...[more]