female Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus) feeding on a human host
A female Aedes albopictus mosquito feeding on a human host. Under experimental conditions the Aedes albopictus mosquito, also known as the Asian Tiger Mosquito, has been found to be a vector of West Nile Virus. Aedes is a genus of the Culicine family of mosquitoes.
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Keywords: aedes, albopictus, asian, conditions, culicine, experimental, family, feeding, female, genus, host., human, mosquito, mosquitoes., nile, tiger, vector, virus., west