A new mosquito species, Culex Modetus, known to spread West Nile virus in Finland, has been discovered in the Finnish city of Pori. This has been reported Web site University of Helsinki.
The corresponding discovery was made by Lorna Calverwell, a researcher in the University’s Department of Virology.
According to him, only one representative of Culex Modetus was found. However, he considers it unlikely to be the only representative of this mosquito species in Finland.
Culex Modetus is the 44th mosquito species found in Finland. This country is the northernmost observation point for this mosquito species in Europe.
“The closest but further south observation points of the same species have been previously made in the Leningrad region of Russia and Skåne region of Sweden,” the university said in a statement.
Before that, infectious disease specialist Andrey Pozdnyakov judicial diseases transmitted by mosquitoes.
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