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Aedes

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Aedes is a genus of mosquitoes originally found in tropical and subtropical zones, but now found on all continents except Antarctica. [1]

45 relations: Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Aedes australis, Aedes cinereus, Aedes japonicus, Aedes polynesiensis, Aedes rusticus, Aedes vexans, Ancient Greek, Antarctica, Broad Institute, Chikungunya, Continent, DDT, Dengue fever, Eastern equine encephalitis, Entomology, Genome, Genus, Germans, Human behavior, Insect repellent, Insecticide, Invasive species, J. Craig Venter Institute, Johann Wilhelm Meigen, List of Aedes species, Lymphatic filariasis, Mosquito, Mosquito net, New World, Ovitrap, PDF, Polynesia, Species, Subgenus, Subtropics, Type species, United States, VectorBase, West Nile virus, Yellow fever, Yellow fever vaccine, Zika virus, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Aedes aegypti

Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, is a mosquito that can spread dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, Mayaro and yellow fever viruses, and other disease agents.

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Aedes albopictus

Aedes albopictus (Stegomyia albopicta), from the mosquito (Culicidae) family, also known as (Asian) tiger mosquito or forest mosquito, is a mosquito native to the tropical and subtropical areas of Southeast Asia; however, in the past few decades, this species has spread to many countries through the transport of goods and international travel.

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Aedes australis

Aedes australis is a brackish water mosquito species from the genus Aedes subgenus Halaedes.

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Aedes cinereus

Aedes cinereus is a mosquito species in the genus Aedes.

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Aedes japonicus

Aedes japonicus was originally described in 1901 from Tokyo, Japan, the island of Honshu being its native range,F.

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Aedes polynesiensis

Aedes polynesiensis (also known as the Polynesian tiger mosquito) is only found in the South Pacific on the islands of Austral Islands, Cook Islands, Ellice Islands, Fiji Islands, Hoorn Islands, Marquesas Islands, Pitcairn Island, Samoa Islands, Society Islands, Tokelau Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago.

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Aedes rusticus

Aedes rusticus, it is a relatively common European mosquito, that is often responsible for human bites from May to August.

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Aedes vexans

Aedes vexans, the inland floodwater mosquito, is a cosmopolitan and common pest mosquito.

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Ancient Greek

The Ancient Greek language includes the forms of Greek used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent.

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Broad Institute

The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, often referred to as the Broad Institute, is a biomedical and genomic research center located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

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Chikungunya

Chikungunya is an infection caused by the chikungunya virus (CHIKV).

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Continent

A continent is one of several very large landmasses of the world.

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DDT

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, is a colorless, tasteless, and almost odorless crystalline chemical compound, an organochlorine, originally developed as an insecticide, and ultimately becoming infamous for its environmental impacts.

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Dengue fever

Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus.

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Eastern equine encephalitis

Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), commonly called Triple E or, sleeping sickness (not to be confused with Trypanosomiasis) is a zoonotic alphavirus and arbovirus present in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.

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Entomology

Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology.

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Genome

In the fields of molecular biology and genetics, a genome is the genetic material of an organism.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Germans

Germans (Deutsche) are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe, who share a common German ancestry, culture and history.

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Human behavior

Human behavior is the responses of individuals or groups of humans to internal and external stimuli.

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Insect repellent

An insect repellent (also commonly called "bug spray") is a substance applied to skin, clothing, or other surfaces which discourages insects (and arthropods in general) from landing or climbing on that surface.

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Insecticide

Insecticides are substances used to kill insects.

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Invasive species

An invasive species is a species that is not native to a specific location (an introduced species), and that has a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage to the environment, human economy or human health.

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J. Craig Venter Institute

The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) is a non-profit genomics research institute founded by J. Craig Venter, Ph.D. in October 2006.

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Johann Wilhelm Meigen

Johann Wilhelm Meigen (3 May 1764 – 11 July 1845) was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.

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List of Aedes species

The mosquito genus Aedes includes the following species.

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Lymphatic filariasis

Lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, is a human disease caused by parasitic worms known as filarial worms.

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Mosquito

Mosquitoes are small, midge-like flies that constitute the family Culicidae.

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Mosquito net

A mosquito net offers protection against mosquitos, flies, and other insects, and thus against the diseases they may carry.

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New World

The New World is one of the names used for the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas (including nearby islands such as those of the Caribbean and Bermuda).

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Ovitrap

An ovitrap is a device which consists of a dark container containing water and a substrate where mosquitoes can lay their eggs.

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PDF

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format developed in the 1990s to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

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Polynesia

Polynesia (from πολύς polys "many" and νῆσος nēsos "island") is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Subgenus

In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.

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Subtropics

The subtropics are geographic and climate zones located roughly between the tropics at latitude 23.5° (the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn) and temperate zones (normally referring to latitudes 35–66.5°) north and south of the Equator.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen(s).

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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VectorBase

VectorBase is one of the five Bioinformatics Resource Centers (BRC) funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

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West Nile virus

West Nile virus (WNV) is a single-stranded RNA virus that causes West Nile fever.

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Yellow fever

Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration.

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Yellow fever vaccine

Yellow fever vaccine is a vaccine that protects against yellow fever.

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Zika virus

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae.

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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

The Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of zoology published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Linnean Society.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedes

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