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  <dc:contributor>Carter T. Atkinson</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Robert C. Fleischer</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Dina M. Fonseca</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1998</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;The southern house mosquito, &lt;i&gt;Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus&lt;/i&gt; (Diptera: Culicidae), was introduced accidentally to Hawaii in 1826 (van Riper et al. 1986). There it eventually became the vector of avian malaria, &lt;i&gt;Plasmodium relictum&lt;/i&gt;, a disease that severely limits the size and distribution of endemic forest bird populations in Hawaii (Atkinson et al. 1995). &lt;i&gt;Cx.p. quinquefasciatus&lt;/i&gt; has a circumtropical distribution and is also the vector for human diseases such as lymphatic filariasis and several encephalitis.&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Blackwell Science</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Microsatellite primers for &lt;i&gt;Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus&lt;/i&gt;, the vector of avian malaria in Hawaii</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
</oai_dc:dc>