{
  "id": 1855566,
  "title": "Complete mitochondrial genomes of Arizona West Nile virus vectors, Culex quinquefasciatus and Culex tarsalis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/complete-mitochondrial-genomes-of-arizona-west-nile-virus-vectors",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-18T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.14.744795v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Here we report a newly developed method utilizing long-range PCR and long-read Pacific Biosciences HiFi sequencing that successfully obtained two full-length and annotated mitochondrial genomes from Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823 and Culex tarsalis Coquillett, 1896, both from Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. Given the substantial burden of West Nile virus in Maricopa County over the past decade,…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Medical Xpress",
        "title": "Early career researchers model West Nile virus corridor across Germany from 2019 to 2025",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/early-career-researchers-model-west-nile-virus-corridor-across",
        "published": "2026-08-18T21:20:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}