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Aedes Aegypti

Definition: Aedes Aegypti

Aedes Aegypti

Noun

1. Mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Synonym: Aedes Aegypti

Synonym: yellow-fever mosquito (n). (additional references)

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Photo Album: Aedes Aegypti

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Closeup of Aedes aegypti mosquito fourth stage larvae, side view. Parasite.Credit: CDC.

Illustration of Aedes aegypti adult mosquito, vector of yellow fever. Parasite.Credit: CDC.

There may be a row of closely set teeth, or spines on each side of the siphon near the ventral margin, otherwise know as "pectin". Aedes aegypti is a vector for Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF), as well as Yellow Fever.Credit: CDC.

Aedes aegypti mosquito breeding site in cans under legs of food vending machine, San Antonio, Texas.Credit: CDC.

Huge tire, Aedes aegypti mosquito breeding site, McAllen, Texas.Credit: CDC.

H.D. Pratt and Robert Walsh find Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae in watering can, S. Johns, Virgin Islands.Credit: CDC.

Old boat, Aedes aegypti mosquito breeding site., Virgin Islands.Credit: CDC.

Primarily a disease of the tropics, Dengue Fever is caused by one of four viruses of the genus Flavivrus and is spread by Aedes aegypti, a domestic, day-biting mosquito that prefers to feed on humans.Credit: CDC.

The Aedes aegypti is a vector for Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF), as well as Yellow Fever. This mosquito is 3 - 4mm in length, and is black with white spots on the body and head regions, and has white rings on its legs.Credit: CDC.

Aedes aegypti mosquito on human skin.Credit: USDA ARS News.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Aedes Aegypti

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Health

Dengue viruses are transmitted from person to person by the Aedes aegypti mosquito in the domestic environment. (references)

This is likely due to increased air travel, which provides the ideal mechanism for dengue viruses to be carried around the world into areas where Aedes aegypti occurs. (references)

A. Outbreaks of dengue occur primarily in areas where Aedes aegypti (sometimes also Aedes albopictus) mosquitoes live. This includes most tropical urban areas of the world. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Aedes Aegypti

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

aedes aegypti

34

aedes aegypti mosquito

6

aedes aegypti alimenta de mosquito o que que se

2
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Anagrams: Aedes Aegypti

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-e-e-g-i-p-s-t-y"

-4 letters: gapeseed, gayeties.

-5 letters: agisted, deepest, despite, edgiest, egested, epeeist, gypsied, ideates, seepage, steeped, yeasted.

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Alternative Orthography: Aedes Aegypti


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 65 64 65 73      41 65 67 79 70 74 69

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100101 01100100 01100101 01110011 00100000 01000001 01100101 01100111 01111001 01110000 01110100 01101001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#101 &#100 &#101 &#115 &#32 &#65 &#101 &#103 &#121 &#112 &#116 &#105

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0065 0064 0065 0073      0041 0065 0067 0079 0070 0074 0069

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3571707185235717391828675

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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