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        "owners"
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        "review by codex: pass"
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    "purpose": "Let an agent identify mosquitoes and the main disease-carrying species, relay prevention, control and travel health guidance from public health authorities, explain biology and breeding, and route medical questions to clinicians.",
    "definition": "A small flying insect of the family Culicidae with long legs and a slender body, the females of most species feeding on blood to produce eggs; mosquitoes breed in standing water and several species transmit diseases including malaria, dengue, Zika, yellow fever and West Nile virus, making them the deadliest animals to humans and a focus of public health control.",
    "what_it_is_for": "Not for anything; an insect family, though larvae feed other animals.",
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      "identify the main genera and vector species",
      "explain life cycle and breeding",
      "relay prevention and control guidance",
      "relay travel health information"
    ],
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      "Blood-feeding females in most species",
      "Aquatic larvae",
      "Vectors of major diseases",
      "Family Culicidae with distinct genera"
    ],
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      "Long proboscis and scaled wings",
      "Larvae and pupae in standing water",
      "Crane flies and midges are similar but do not bite in the same way"
    ],
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        "quantity": "length",
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        "note": "most species"
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      {
        "quantity": "species",
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        "unit": "species",
        "note": ""
      },
      {
        "quantity": "life cycle",
        "typical_range": "1-2",
        "unit": "weeks",
        "note": "egg to adult in warm conditions"
      }
    ],
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      "Anopheles, vectors of malaria",
      "Aedes, vectors of dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever",
      "Culex, vectors of West Nile and other viruses",
      "non-biting and non-vector species",
      "invasive species such as the Asian tiger mosquito"
    ],
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      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "insect",
        "why": "the class"
      },
      {
        "relation": "transmits",
        "target": "malaria",
        "why": "a major disease"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is controlled by",
        "target": "vector control",
        "why": "public health activity"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is confused with",
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        "scheme": "taxon",
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        "note": "family name"
      },
      {
        "scheme": "NCBI Taxonomy",
        "value_or_pattern": "7157",
        "note": ""
      }
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      "WHO vector control guidance and International Health Regulations",
      "National vector control programmes",
      "Insecticide and repellent regulation",
      "Rules on release of modified mosquitoes"
    ],
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      "Disease transmission",
      "Insecticide resistance",
      "Spread of invasive species",
      "Agents giving personal medical advice"
    ],
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    "out_of_scope": [],
    "characteristics": [],
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      "may": [
        "Identify mosquitoes and report breeding sites to the public health authority.",
        "Explain which species transmit diseases and how communities reduce bites."
      ],
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        "Release modified mosquitoes or control agents without regulatory approval.",
        "Spray insecticides beyond label rules or near water bodies and pollinators.",
        "Give personal medical advice on mosquito-borne diseases in place of a clinician."
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      "requires_human": [
        "Large-scale control campaigns and gene drive releases."
      ]
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      "considerations": [
        "Mosquito-borne diseases kill hundreds of thousands of people a year, mostly children in poor regions.",
        "Control measures can harm ecosystems and need public consent."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "People in malaria and dengue regions",
        "Children",
        "Wildlife and pollinators"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "Nobody owns wild mosquitoes; public health authorities run vector control.",
      "master_systems": [
        "Vector surveillance systems"
      ]
    }
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      "title": "Wikidata item Q7367: mosquito",
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      "url_status": "live",
      "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item",
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    },
    {
      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Mosquito",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito",
      "url_status": "live",
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      "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink"
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        "id": "identify",
        "name": "Identify",
        "description": "What mosquito this is.",
        "rationale": "Identity.",
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            "id": "genus",
            "name": "Genus",
            "description": "Genus and species.",
            "findings": [
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                "id": "genus-finding",
                "name": "Genus",
                "description": "Genus.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which genus or species is it, and what features and habits identify it?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is the insect a mosquito or a look-alike?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "lifecycle",
            "name": "Life cycle",
            "description": "Life cycle.",
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              {
                "id": "lifecycle-finding",
                "name": "Lifecycle",
                "description": "Lifecycle.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How do mosquitoes breed and develop, and where?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits a specific species?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
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        "description": "Vectors and disease.",
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            "name": "Vectors",
            "description": "Diseases carried.",
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              {
                "id": "vectors-finding",
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                "description": "Vectors.",
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                  {
                    "text": "Which diseases do which mosquitoes transmit, and where?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is the user asking about their own symptoms, which needs a clinician?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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            "id": "travel",
            "name": "Travel",
            "description": "Travel health.",
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              {
                "id": "travel-finding",
                "name": "Travel",
                "description": "Travel.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What travel health guidance do authorities give for mosquito-borne diseases?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits travel medicine?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "control",
        "name": "Control",
        "description": "Prevention and control.",
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          {
            "id": "personal",
            "name": "Personal",
            "description": "Personal protection.",
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              {
                "id": "personal-finding",
                "name": "Personal",
                "description": "Personal.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What personal protection do authorities recommend, such as nets and repellents?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits insect repellents?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "programmes",
            "name": "Programmes",
            "description": "Vector control.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "programmes-finding",
                "name": "Programmes",
                "description": "Programmes.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How do vector control programmes work, including source reduction, insecticides and modified mosquitoes, with debates attributed?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is the presentation neutral?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "study",
        "name": "Study",
        "description": "Ecology and research.",
        "rationale": "Study.",
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          {
            "id": "ecology",
            "name": "Ecology",
            "description": "Ecology.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "ecology-finding",
                "name": "Ecology",
                "description": "Ecology.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What ecological roles do mosquitoes play, and how does climate affect them?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which references are standard?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "research",
            "name": "Research",
            "description": "Research.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "research-finding",
                "name": "Research",
                "description": "Research.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What research is under way on control and disease, with attribution?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits entomology?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should each vector genus be a separate entry?",
    "How should travel health advice be linked by country?",
    "How should modified mosquito programmes be represented?"
  ],
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    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
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}