yellow-fever mosquito

plural yellow-fever mosquitoes · plural yellow-fever mosquitos · alternative yellow fever mosquito

1. USA black and white striped mosquito (Aedes aegypti) originated in Africa and now widespread in the tropics, so called for being the main vector of the virus in urban areas.First known use 1901

   That is mosquito larvae from the Aedes aegypti, or yellow fever mosquitoes. They can carry debilitating diseases like dengue, chikungunya or zika, which can lead to birth defects.

   2024 October 7, Rachel Wulff, “Invasive yellow fever mosquitoes detected across Sacramento area”, in CBS Sacramento, Sacramento, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2024

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   From these considerations it must be inferred that the bite of a yellow fever mosquito which has sucked the blood of a severe case is likely to prove infectious for non-immunes at two separate periods[…]

   1901 November 23, Carlos Finlay, “TWO DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH YELLOW FEVER MAY BE TRANSMITTED BY THE CULEX MOSQUITO—STEGOMYIA TAENIATA”, in The Journal of the American Medical Association, volume XXXVII, number 21, Chicago, page 1389

   Increasing globalization in the movement of people and goods is enabling the dispersal of non-native species worldwide. The yellow fever mosquito (Ae. aegypti) benefitted greatly from this process, currently invading many tropical and subtropical regions of the world.

   2022 September 12, José Maurício Santos et al., “The current and future distribution of the yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) on Madeira Island”, in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, volume 16, number 9, San Francisco: PLOS, →DOI, page e0010715

   Synonyms: dengue mosquito