aedes

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yellow-fever mosquitos

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Besides the urban cycle, both in Africa and South America, a sylvatic cycle (forest cycle or jungle cycle) is present, where Aedes africanus (in Africa) or mosquitoes of the genus Haemagogus and Sabethes (in South America) serve as vectors. Source: Internet

Aedes mosquitos live both indoors and outdoors and bite people most often in the daytime. Source: Internet

In 1906, transmission by the Aedes mosquitoes was confirmed, and in 1907 dengue was the second disease (after yellow fever) that was shown to be caused by a virus. Source: Internet

Livy XXXV 41. Besnier would accept a correction to Livy's passage (proposed by Jordan) to read aedes Veiovi instead of aedes duae Iovi. Source: Internet

Although chikungunya outbreak is limited in Dhaka city this year, people in rural areas are at risk for the disease as studies showed presence of aedes mosquitoes. Source: Internet

Because Aedes is easier to maintain in laboratories, it is simpler to study than its more lethal cousins, certain Anopheles mosquitoes, which kill some 800,000 people a year by infecting them with malaria. Source: Internet

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