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genus Aedes

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Noun1.genus Aedesgenus Aedes - yellow-fever mosquitos              
Aedes
arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods
Culicidae, family Culicidae - mosquitoes
Aedes aegypti, yellow-fever mosquito - mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue
Aedes albopictus, Asian tiger mosquito - striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases


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Dengue viruses are transmitted from person to person or from monkey to monkey through infected female mosquitoes of the genus Aedes.
Persistent emergence of dengue by Calisher, Charles H. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
A total of 2,423 adult mosquitoes belonging to the genus Aedes and the subgenera Albuginosus, Stegomyia, Aedimorphus, Diceromyia, and Finlaya emerged from the tree hole samples collected during the dry season in 2000.
Amplification of the sylvatic cycle of dengue virus type 2, Senegal, ... by Mathiot, Christian / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The genus Aedes Meigen with identification keys to genera of Culicidae.
Mosquito Surveillance for West Nile Virus in Connecticut, 2000: ... by Vossbrinck, Charles R. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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