Aedes aegypti

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Etymology

From Latin aegyptī (“Egyptian”). Coined by Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1762.

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Aedes aegypti m

  1. A taxonomic species within the family Culicidae – daytime-feeding mosquito most responsible for transmission of diseases such as dengue fever, yellow fever, and Zika fever, native to Africa, now naturalized in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, possibly spreading to more temperate regions.

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