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 MDmaker.com .: Medicine .: Diseases .: Yellow Fever   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Figure 1 - This female Aedes aegypti mosquito is shown here after landing on a human host, as it is about to obtain a blood meal.  The Aedes aegypti mosquito is a known transmitter of both Dengue fever, and Yellow Fever.
In fact, Aedes aegypti is sometimes referred to as the “Yellow Fever Mosquito”.
Because the most common vector Aedes Aegypti has reinvaded South America, there are also outbreaks of Urban Yellow Fever in some South American countries such as Bolivia.  These cases of Urban Yellow Fever are thought to be as a result of water-storage practices, which cultivate domestic Aedes Aegypti.
www.mdmaker.com /mdm/medicine/diseases/Yellow%20Fever_16661212.html   (576 words)

  
 Entomology - Alexander S. Raikhel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Thus, understanding the molecular and genetic basis of anautogeny is of great importance for the future development of novel approaches to vector and pathogen control.
The mosquito Aedes aegypti: a vector of Dengue and yellow fevers.
Kokoza, V.A., Martin, D., Mienaltowski, M., Ahmed, A., Morton, C., and Raikhel, A.S. Transcriptional regulation of the mosquito Aedes aegypti vitellogenin gene by a bloodmeal-triggered cascade.
www.insects.ucr.edu /people/raikhel2.html   (1821 words)

  
 SJSU Virtual Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Reed contributed to our understanding of the role of insect vectors in transmitting disease through his work with yellow fever.
He demonstrated that the Aedes aegypti mosquito transmits yellow fever.
He worked in Cuba to eradicate the mosquito and thus control the spread of the illness.
www2.sjsu.edu /depts/Museum/ree.html   (156 words)

  
 Bromeliad Biota - Phytotelmata - Bibliography A-H
Frank, J.H. Use of a artificial bromeliad to show the importance of color value in restricting colonization of bromeliads by Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus.
Gibbins, E.G. On the habits and breeding-places of Aedes (Stegomyia) simpsoni Theobald in Uganda.
Huang, Y.-M. Aedes (Stegomyia) simpsoni complex in the Ethiopian region with lectotype designation for simpsoni (Theobald) (Diptera: Culicidae).
bromeliadbiota.ifas.ufl.edu /fitbib1.htm   (2801 words)

  
 Dengue (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) - Vads Corner
View the lates update on Dengue Hotspots and Hospitalisation Numbers
Links to servers with information on Aedes aegypti
RECORD SUMMARY OF THE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS DUE TO PERCUTANEOUS INJURY
www.vadscorner.com /dengue_dhf.html   (476 words)

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