genus Aedes


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Mosquitoes of the genus Aedes that are currently shown to transmit Zika in the Americas are not present in the UK.
The Zika virus is known to be spread through the bites of mosquitoes of the genus Aedes: the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, is adept at spreading Zika.
Then on the basis of taxonomical identification genus Anopheles, genus Aedes and genus Culex with their associated sub-genus were also identified.
Viral diseases like Yellow Fever Chikunginya and Dengue Fever a serious threat to the population nowadays transmitted carried and spread by mosquitoes in the genus Aedes which includes a number of mosquito species.
(3) The dengue virus is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito of the genus Aedes (Namely Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus) during daylight hours.
albopictus and the remaining 269 larvae belonged to other species of the genus Aedes (Table 1).
The mosquito genus Aedes, renowned for its irritating bite, includes among its species tormentor and excrucians; there is a Canadian biting fly that goes under the name Chrysops cursim.
(2008) used a matrix model driven by climate fluctuations to simulate the populations of two mosquito species of the genus Aedes. Using daily precipitation data, Schaeffer et al.
They consist of four serotypes (from DENV-1 to DENV-4) that are transmitted to humans and other higher primates by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes [1].
The possibility of other mosquitoes in transmitting the virus needs to be taken into consideration since chikungunya virus has reportedly been transmitted by a variety of species mostly belonging to the genus Aedes (18-20).
CHIKV is maintained in a sylvatic cycle that involves mosquitoes of the genus Aedes, primates, and rodents.
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an alphavirus indigenous to tropical Africa and Asia, where it is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected mosquitoes, usually of the genus Aedes (l).