Synonyms for aedes aegypti
aedes ae·gyp·ti

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1. yellow-fever mosquito, Aedes aegyptinoun

   mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue

   Synonyms:
   yellow-fever mosquito

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1. President Dilma Rousseff:

   We must wage war against the Aedes aegypti, the vector of dengue, of chikungunya and of Zika, while we do not have a vaccine against the Zika virus, the war must be concentrated on the elimination of breeding grounds for the mosquito.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   Someone who is probably a rural worker in the woods, in the forest, in the jungle gets bit by a mosquito who is infected with yellow fever but likely got it from a monkey, so it goes from animal to human, but it doesn't get into the population of Aedes aegypti, which are very frequent in the big cities like Rio de Janeiro.

3. Andrew Monaghan:

   Meteorological factors certainly play an important role in determining the global range of the virus-transmitting Aedes (aegypti species of) mosquitoes and how competently they can transmit a virus.

4. John McNeill:

   The Aedes Aegypti didn't exist in the Americas until the 16th century. That mosquito was brought from Africa to the Americas.

5. Peter Hotez:

   Aedes aegypti tends to be a day biter, but once it’s inside houses, it could bite anytime.