Definitions for aedes aegypti
aedes ae·gyp·ti

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1. yellow-fever mosquito, Aedes aegyptinoun

   mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue

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1. 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. The mosquito can be recognized by black and white markings on its legs and a marking in the form of a lyre on the upper surface of its thorax. This mosquito originated in Africa, but is now found in tropical, subtropical and temperate regions throughout the world.

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1. aedes aegypti

   The Aedes Aegypti is a species of mosquito that is native to tropical and subtropical zones. It is responsible for transmitting various deadly illnesses to humans, including dengue fever, yellow fever, Zika virus, and Chikungunya. This mosquito is small, with a body that is typically black with white spots. Its breeding grounds include standing water around homes, in buckets, bowls, animal dishes, flower pots and vases. They are daytime feeders, which heightens their potential for transmitting diseases to humans.

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1. Aedes aegypti

   The yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti is a mosquito that can spread the dengue fever, chikungunya and yellow fever viruses, and other diseases. The mosquito can be recognized by white markings on legs and a marking in the form of a lyre on the thorax. The mosquito originated in Africa but is now found in tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world.

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How to pronounce aedes aegypti?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of aedes aegypti in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of aedes aegypti in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of aedes aegypti in a Sentence

1. Carissa Etienne:

   Fumigation has high visibility -- high political visibility -- but we are not sure that it really is extremely effective in fighting the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

2. Peter Jay Hotez:

   It's going to be a big concern as we go into the warmer spring and summer months, when we start seeing a large uptick in the Aedes aegypti (that carries Zika) on the Gulf Coast, we could see an uptick in Zika ... and if we start seeing a large number of Zika cases, the prediction would be that we would start to see Guillain-Barre and microcephaly.

3. Peter Hotez:

   Aedes aegypti tends to be a day biter, but once it’s inside houses, it could bite anytime.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   Someone who is probably a rural worker in the woods, in the forest, in the jungle gets bit by a mosquito who is infected with yellow fever but likely got it from a monkey, so it goes from animal to human, but it doesn't get into the population of Aedes aegypti, which are very frequent in the big cities like Rio de Janeiro.

5. President Dilma Rousseff:

   We must wage war against the Aedes aegypti, the vector of dengue, of chikungunya and of Zika, while we do not have a vaccine against the Zika virus, the war must be concentrated on the elimination of breeding grounds for the mosquito.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=aedes aegypti
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedes_Aegypti
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=aedes aegypti