Aedes aegypti

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Meaning

mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue

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Imported cases have turned up all over the U.S. and Canada, but Aedes aegypti can't survive here. Source: Internet

The researchers have discovered 63 proteins that male mosquitoes transfer to Aedes aegypti females during mating and are thought briefly to change the females' physiology and behavior, in particular suppressing the female's appetite for mammalian blood. Source: Internet

The screening will prevent the breeding of the Aedes aegypti mosquito within the community and around Australia. Source: Internet

Transmission Aedes aegypti feeding Adults of the yellow fever mosquito A. aegypti: The male is on the left, females are on the right. Source: Internet

In 2009 and 2010, local outbreaks of dengue fever, which is spread by the Aedes aegypti, left the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District desperate for new options. Source: Internet

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