Culicidae

"Culicidae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A family of the order DIPTERA that comprises the mosquitoes. The larval stages are aquatic, and the adults can be recognized by the characteristic WINGS, ANIMAL venation, the scales along the wing veins, and the long proboscis. Many species are of particular medical importance.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Culicidae" by people in this website by year, and whether "Culicidae" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 43 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2013 and 2015 and 2017 and 2019
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