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Aedes
Epidemiology:
- females are blood suckers
- a widespread genus of small mosquitoes frequently found in tropical & subtropical regions
- species of Aedes include vectors of filariasis, dengue, yellow fever, Zika virus & encephalitis viruses
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Related
filariasis (wucheresiasis)
Specific
Aedes aegypti (Asian tiger mosquito)
Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito)
Aedes sollicitans
Aedes triseriatus
General
Culicidae; mosquito
Properties
KINGDOM: animal
PHYLUM: arthropod
ORGANISM-CLASS: INSECTA
ORDER: diptera
FAMILY: Culicidae
GENUS: Aedes
References
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed.
Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1212-13
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
- Hahn MB, Eisen RJ, Eisen L et al
Reported Distribution of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti and Aedes
(Stegomyia) albopictus in the United States, 1995-2016
(Diptera: Culicidae.
Journal of Medical Entomology. June 9, 2016
PMID: 27282817
http://jme.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/06/07/jme.tjw072.figures-only
- Burns DO
7 Bug Bites You Need to Know
Medscape. June 17, 2021
https://reference.medscape.com/slideshow/bug-bites-6004328