First Nationwide Surveillance of Culex pipiens Complex and Culex torrentium Mosquitoes Demonstrated the Presence of Culex pipiens Biotype pipiens/molestus Hybrids in Germany

• Martin Rudolf ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Martin Rudolf, Christina Czajka

  Affiliation Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg; Molecular Entomology Group, Hamburg, Germany

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• Christina Czajka ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Martin Rudolf, Christina Czajka

  Affiliations Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg; Department of Molecular Parasitology, Hamburg, Germany, KABS e.V., Waldsee, Germany

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• Jessica Börstler,

  Affiliation Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg; Molecular Entomology Group, Hamburg, Germany

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• Christian Melaun,

  Affiliation Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Medical Biodiversity and Parasitology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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• Hanna Jöst,

  Affiliations Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg; WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Hamburg, Germany, KABS e.V., Waldsee, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hamburg-Luebeck-Borstel, Hamburg, Germany

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• Heidrun von Thien,

  Affiliation Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg; Department of Molecular Parasitology, Hamburg, Germany

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• Marlis Badusche,

  Affiliation Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg; Molecular Entomology Group, Hamburg, Germany

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• Norbert Becker,

  Affiliation KABS e.V., Waldsee, Germany

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• Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit,

  Affiliations Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg; WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Hamburg, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hamburg-Luebeck-Borstel, Hamburg, Germany

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• Andreas Krüger,

  Affiliation Bundeswehr Hospital Hamburg; Department Tropical Medicine; Entomology Group, Hamburg, Germany

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• Egbert Tannich,

  Affiliations Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg; Department of Molecular Parasitology, Hamburg, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hamburg-Luebeck-Borstel, Hamburg, Germany

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• Stefanie Becker

  * E-mail: stefanie.mueller@bni-hamburg.de

  Affiliation Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg; Molecular Entomology Group, Hamburg, Germany

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