RNAi-mediated knockdown of arginine kinase genes leads to high mortality and negatively affect reproduction and blood-feeding behavior of Culex pipiens pallens

• Kun Qian,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

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• Qingqing Guan,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

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• Haoyu Zhang,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

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• Nan Zhang,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

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• Xiangkun Meng,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

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• Hongxia Liu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: liuhongxia@scdc.sh.cn (HL); wangjj@yzu.edu.cn (JW)

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Control, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China

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• Jianjun Wang

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: liuhongxia@scdc.sh.cn (HL); wangjj@yzu.edu.cn (JW)

  Affiliation College of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9113-7894

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