A blood-engorged 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 mosquitos.
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https://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/k12/microbes_within/task.html - Wolbachia
https://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/wolbachia/index.html
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