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Descriptor English: Aedes
Descriptor Spanish: Aedes
Descriptor Aedes
Entry term(s) Aedes aegypti
mosquito de la fiebre amarilla
mosquito del dengue
Scope note: Género de mosquitos (CULICIDAE) que se encuentran frecuentemente en regiones tropicales y subtropicales. La FIEBRE AMARILLA y el DENGUE son dos de las enfermedades que pueden ser transmitidas por las especies de este género.
Descriptor Portuguese: Aedes
Descriptor French: Aedes
Entry term(s): Aede
Aedes aegypti
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.712.500.875.100
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000330
Scope note: A genus of mosquitoes (CULICIDAE) frequently found in tropical and subtropical regions. YELLOW FEVER and DENGUE are two of the diseases that can be transmitted by species of this genus.
Annotation: mosquito; /microbiol /parasitol /virol permitted; do not use /drug eff for insecticides: TN 111
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 333
Unique ID: D000330
NLM Classification: QX 525
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Aedes - Preferred
Concept UI M0000508
Scope note A genus of mosquitoes (CULICIDAE) frequently found in tropical and subtropical regions. YELLOW FEVER and DENGUE are two of the diseases that can be transmitted by species of this genus.
Preferred term Aedes
Entry term(s) Aede
Aedes aegypti - Narrower
Concept UI F0000925
Preferred term Aedes aegypti



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