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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.
As cases rise around the world, U.S. health officials are warning Americans about dengue fever, a potentially fatal disease carried by mosquitoes. The disease, which includes symptoms such as a ...
Mosquitoes are perhaps the best known invertebrate vector and transmit a wide range of tropical diseases including malaria, dengue fever and yellow fever. Another large group of vectors are flies.
Over the last twenty years, there has been a geographic spread of the disease. Dengue incidence rates have risen sharply within urban areas which have recently become endemic hot spots for the disease. [57] The recent spread of Dengue can also be attributed to rapid population growth, increased coagulation in urban areas, and global travel.
Summer is coming to an end but the risk of mosquito-borne diseases is not. Across the United States, cases of West nile virus, eastern equine encephalitis, dengue and other diseases are popping up.
PHOTO: The Aedes mosquito is a known vector for several viruses, including West Nile virus, yellow fever virus, dengue virus, chikungunya virus, and Zika virus. (NurPhoto via Getty Images, FILE)
“As Aedes mosquitoes spread northwards with rising global temperatures dengue outbreaks are becoming more common in more temperate, richer countries and this presents a greater incentive for ...
Mayaro virus disease is a mosquito-borne zoonotic pathogen endemic to certain humid forests of tropical South America. Infection with Mayaro virus causes an acute, self-limited dengue-like illness of 3–5 days' duration. [1] The causative virus, abbreviated MAYV, is in the family Togaviridae, and genus Alphavirus.