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Aedes aegypti (UK: / ˈ iː d iː z /; US: / 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.
At the beginning of the monitoring period but still within the release period, it was found that wMel-infected Ae. aegypti had doubled in Yorkeys Knob and increased 1.5-fold in Gordonvale. [66] [67] Uninfected Ae. aegypti populations were in decline. By the end of the three years, wMel-infected Ae. aegypti had stable populations of about 90% ...
The flight zone is determined by the animal's flight distance, sometimes called [3] flight initiation distance (FID) [4] which extends horizontally from the animal and sometimes vertically. It may also be termed [ citation needed ] escape distance , alert distance , flush distance, and escape flight distance.
The target is a particular species, Aedes aegypti. The insects, which began to populate Los Angeles County in 2014, have evolved to hone in on one thing — you.
Flying adults are captured by dragonflies and damselflies, by birds such as swifts and swallows, ... [100] and dengue fever transmitted mostly by Aedes aegypti. [101]
Although several years away from the field trial stage, if successful these other methods have the potential to be cheaper and to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito more efficiently. [68] A pioneering experimental demonstration of the gene drive method eradicated small populations of Anopheles gambiae. [69] [70]
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 mosquito genus Aedes encompasses over 900 species and several subgenera that are found on all continents except Antarctica, but especially in tropical and subtropical zones. Some of the most well-known species include Aedes aegypti , A. albopictus , and A. japonicus .