Mosquito Introductions Worldwide Elucidated

As the threat of invasive species to our economy, environment, human health and even our security unfolds, the importance of understanding emerging disease organisms and their vectors is increasingly clear. In a study reported in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Dina Fonseca, Julie Smith and Robert Fleischer from the National Museum of Natural History Genetics Program, along with Rick Wilkerson of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, are shedding light on one pervasive vector, the southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus.