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Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito)
Pathology:
- vector of Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus (EEEV)
- less likely than Aedes aegypti to transmit dengue, zika or chikungunya
General
Aedes
disease vector
Properties
KINGDOM: animal
PHYLUM: arthropod
ORGANISM-CLASS: INSECTA
ORDER: diptera
FAMILY: Culicidae
GENUS: Aedes
SPECIES: ALBOPICTUS
References
- Mississippi Morbidity Report 10(11) June 1992
- ESTIMATED range of Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti in
the United States, 2016.
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/pdfs/zika-mosquito-maps.pdf
- 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