Aedes aegypti mosquitoes spread across Las Vegas, prompting concerns over disease transmission and resistance to insecticides ...

"If Aedes aegypti becomes established in Alameda County, it can threaten public health and diminish quality of life," the ...

The Aedes aegypti mosquito has rapidly expanded its territory across Southern Nevada. What started as a presence in just two ...

An Aedes Aegypti mosquito is photographed on human skin in a lab of the International Training and Medical Research Training Center (CIDEIM) on January 25, 2016, in Cali, Colombia.

There are nearly 200 types of mosquitoes in the U.S., but one of them -- Aedes aegypti -- has been making headlines for transmitting Zika virus more frequently than any of the others have so far.

Female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of seeking out a penetrable site on the skin surface of the human host, 2006. Image courtesy Centers for Disease Control (CDC) / James Gathany.

The Aedes vittatus is endemic to the Indian subcontinent and has never been seen in the western hemisphere until now. The mosquito is “a proven vector of chikungunya, Zika, dengue, yellow fever ...

Aedes can transmit diseases such as chikungunya, dengue and Zika, but they haven’t been linked to an outbreak in California. They haven’t been tied to a case of the deadly West Nile virus, either.

The British company Oxitec plans to release its genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in California if the plan is approved by state officials. Above, Aedes aegypti larvae swim in a ...

Before Zika, Aedes Aegypti was best known to be a carrier of dengue and yellow fever. It’s also known to carry encephalitis. By the 1940s, the idea of better living through chemistry had taken hold.