AEDES AEGYPTI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aedes aegypti mean? 

• AEDES AEGYPTI (noun)
  The noun AEDES AEGYPTI has 1 sense:

1. mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue

  Familiarity information: AEDES AEGYPTI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AEDES AEGYPTI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aedes aegypti; yellow-fever mosquito

Hypernyms ("Aedes aegypti" is a kind of...):

mosquito (two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals)

Holonyms ("Aedes aegypti" is a member of...):

Aedes; genus Aedes (yellow-fever mosquitos)

 Context examples 

Coconut oil fatty acids also provided more than 90 percent repellency against mosquitoes—including Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that can transmit the Zika virus.

(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Topical application of VU041 was toxic to both insecticide-susceptible and insecticide-resistant strains of female mosquitoes, including both Anopheles gambiae (malaria carrier) and Aedes aegypti (dengue, yellow fever, and Zika virus carrier).

(Novel insecticide blocks mosquitoes’ ability to urinate, NIH)

The Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits Zika, dengue and chikungunya as well as yellow fever, lays eggs on damp surfaces and small bodies of stagnant water.

(Thyme oil and corn starch prove deadly for mosquito larvae, SciDev.Net)

Zika virus spreads mostly through bites from infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

(DNA vaccines protect monkeys against Zika virus, NIH)

Dengue fever, primarily spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, is rarely fatal but usually leads to a high fever, severe headache and pain throughout the body.

(Natural lipid acts as potent anti-inflammatory, National Institutes of Health)

Over the last decade, the programme has released Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes – the main vector of dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever — in several cities around the world

(Bacteria-infected mosquitoes slash dengue cases, SciDev.Net)

Both Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes—which transmitdengue and malaria respectively—were much less attracted to the scented beads after being exposed to the chemical.

(How mosquitoes detect people, NIH)

It is almost impossible to eradicate Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the vector for dengue, zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever, said the chair of Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Dr. Nísia Trindade.

(Aedes mosquitoes almost impossible to eradicate, says Brazilian researcher, Agência Brasil)