Sentences with phrase «tiger mosquitoes with»
He took the original chikungunya strain circulating in Kenya and infected a group of Asian tiger mosquitoes with it.
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But the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, comes with some particularly irritating characteristics.
Researchers began to wonder if the Asian tiger mosquito had disappeared along with the rats.
Reaching their habitat is arduous and dangerous because of the humidity and the heat, and the terrain they favour is often infested with leeches, mosquitoes, snakes, crocodiles, and in Sumatra, tigers.
Since the Aedes albopictus mosquito, also known as Asian tiger mosquito, has now reached southern Europe and the USA, we are faced with further spreading of the virus.
Asian tiger mosquitoes can drive down yellow fever mosquito populations when the female chooses the wrong male with which to mate, UF / IFAS scientists say.
On the other hand, when yellow fever mosquitoes evolve to avoid this type of mating, they may be able to coexist with Asian tiger mosquitoes and repopulate areas from places where their populations are dwindling, Bargielowski said.
But a female Asian tiger mosquito that mates with a male yellow fever mosquito can go on to mate with a male Asian tiger mosquito and produce offspring.
It is the Asian tiger mosquito and yellow fever mosquito that infect humans with the Chikungunya virus.
The model suggests that outbreaks are more likely in urban areas with higher human and mosquito population densities, in years with longer growing seasons, when infected travelers arrive early in the growing season, and when tiger mosquitos have fewer non-human hosts that result in wasted bites.
In some regions in southern Germany, even truly tropical vectors like the Asian tiger mosquito are spreading — and they're bringing severe diseases like malaria or dengue fever with them.