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May 7, 2026Scientific ReportsOpen Access

Environmental factors affect the communities of avian Plasmodium in two species of Culex mosquitoes

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AMAna Irina Martín-LópezMRMaría José Ruiz-LópezJPJosué Martínez-de la Puente

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Study reveals environmental effects on Plasmodium communities in Culex pipiens, suggesting impacts on vector dynamics.

Key Points

  • To understand how environmental factors affect Plasmodium communities in two Culex mosquito species.
  • Mosquitoes collected from 16 sites in southwest Spain over two years.
  • Plasmodium detection performed using nested PCR.
  • Lineages identified by SANGER sequencing.
  • Linear mixed models tested environmental effects on Plasmodium communities.
  • Correspondence analysis and Mantel tests explored spatial relationships.
  • Plasmodium prevalence in Culex pipiens increased with NDVI and decreased with land surface temperature.
  • In Culex perexiguus, prevalence and lineage richness increased with minimum temperature.
  • Community similarity in Culex pipiens correlated with geographical distance.

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Martín-López et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69fbefd5164b5133a91a3efahttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-51361-w
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