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Aedes aegypti (UK pronunciation: / ˈ iː d iː z /; US pronunciation: / ˈ eɪ d z / or / ˈ eɪ d iː z / from Greek αηδής: "hateful" and / eɪ ˈ dʒ ɪ p t i / from Latin, meaning "of Egypt"), the yellow fever mosquito, is a mosquito that can spread dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, Mayaro and yellow fever viruses, and other disease agents.
A. aegypti only and dengue distribution in 2006. Endemic range of yellow fever in Africa (2005) Endemic range of yellow fever in South America (2005) Mosquito-borne diseases or mosquito-borne illnesses are diseases caused by bacteria, viruses or parasites transmitted by mosquitoes. Nearly 700 million people contract mosquito-borne illnesses ...
The disease is said to be hyperendemic in areas where more than one serotype is circulating; this increases the risk of severe disease on a second or subsequent infection. [72] Infections are most commonly acquired in urban environments where the virus is primarily transmitted by the mosquito species Aedes aegypti. [73]
Aedes (also known as the tiger mosquito [1]) is a genus of mosquitoes originally found in tropical and subtropical zones, but now found on all continents except Antarctica. Some species have been spread by human activity : Aedes albopictus , a particularly invasive species , was spread to the Americas , including the United States , in the ...
The disease is caused by the yellow fever virus and is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. [3] [8] It infects humans, other primates, [9] and several types of mosquitoes. [3] In cities, it is spread primarily by Aedes aegypti, a type of mosquito found throughout the tropics and subtropics. [3] The virus is an RNA virus of the genus ...
The 2024 dengue epidemic in Argentina is an outbreak of this disease, transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. [1] It is considered to date as the largest dengue outbreak in Argentine history.
Zika fever (also known as Zika virus disease) is an illness caused by Zika virus. [80] Around 80% of cases are estimated to be asymptomatic, though the accuracy of this figure is hindered by the wide variance in data quality, and figures from different outbreaks can vary significantly. [ 81 ]
It is thought the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which had been reportedly seen in some parts of Muscat, is the cause of the outbreak of dengue fever in parts of Oman. The outbreak was easily controlled though, with only 343 suspected cases and 59 confirmed cases by April 2019.