AEDES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aedes mean? 

• AEDES (noun)
  The noun AEDES has 1 sense:

1. yellow-fever mosquitos

  Familiarity information: AEDES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AEDES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Yellow-fever mosquitos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aedes; genus Aedes

Hypernyms ("Aedes" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Aedes"):

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)

Holonyms ("Aedes" is a member of...):

Culicidae; family Culicidae (mosquitoes)

 Context examples 

Topical application of VU041 was toxic to both insecticide-susceptible and insecticide-resistant strains of female mosquitoes, including both Anopheles gambiae (malaria carrier) and Aedes aegypti (dengue, yellow fever, and Zika virus carrier).

(Novel insecticide blocks mosquitoes’ ability to urinate, NIH)

The Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits Zika, dengue and chikungunya as well as yellow fever, lays eggs on damp surfaces and small bodies of stagnant water.

(Thyme oil and corn starch prove deadly for mosquito larvae, SciDev.Net)

It is transmitted by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes, especially A. aegypti.

(Dengue Fever, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Dengue viruses are transmitted mainly via the bite of infected mosquitoes of the genus Aedes.

(Dengue Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

It is almost impossible to eradicate Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the vector for dengue, zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever, said the chair of Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Dr. Nísia Trindade.

(Aedes mosquitoes almost impossible to eradicate, says Brazilian researcher, Agência Brasil)

Zika virus spreads mostly through bites from infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

(DNA vaccines protect monkeys against Zika virus, NIH)

Over the last decade, the programme has released Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes – the main vector of dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever — in several cities around the world

(Bacteria-infected mosquitoes slash dengue cases, SciDev.Net)

Dengue fever, primarily spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, is rarely fatal but usually leads to a high fever, severe headache and pain throughout the body.

(Natural lipid acts as potent anti-inflammatory, National Institutes of Health)

Both Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes—which transmitdengue and malaria respectively—were much less attracted to the scented beads after being exposed to the chemical.

(How mosquitoes detect people, NIH)

Considered a neglected tropical disease by the World Health Organization (WHO), dengue is spread by the females of the Aedes genus; this includes the species albopictus mosquito, or Asian tiger mosquito.

(Mosquitos rendered infertile by biological engineering, SciDev.Net)