Synonyms for aedes
eɪˈi dizaedes

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1. Aedes, genus Aedesnoun

   yellow-fever mosquitos

   Synonyms:
   genus Aedes

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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. 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.

3. 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.

4. Peter Hotez:

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

5. Ralph Harbach:

   There is strong evidence that Aedes albopictus is now out-competing aegypti in some areas and becoming more dominant.