Principal vector species
Aedes aegypti
Aedes aegypti is an arbovirus vector recorded in 186 countries, and the target of 377 engineered-intervention research works in the Atlas corpus.
186
countries with a GBIF record
63k
occurrence records (effort-biased)
377
intervention-research works
Arbovirus vector
disease group
Associated diseases
The sourced disease group for this vector, and the diseases that group covers.
- Disease group
- Arbovirus vector
- Diseases
- Dengue, Zika, chikungunya, yellow fever
Competence varies
This names the vector’s associated disease group. It is not a claim that every population of Aedes aegypti transmits every listed disease, competence differs by population, pathogen strain and locale.
Where it is recorded
Countries with the most GBIF occurrence records for Aedes aegypti. Records reflect sampling effort, not abundance.
186 countries total
United States
Mexico
Ghana
Brazil
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Colombia
Cabo Verde
Thailand
Indonesia
India
Australia
Kenya
Argentina
Puerto Rico (US)
Venezuela, RB
Cuba
Viet Nam
Italy
Nigeria
Trinidad and Tobago
France
Malaysia
Sweden
Turkiye
+ 162 more countries with a record · browse all
Presence, not absence
A country missing here has no digitised GBIF record for Aedes aegypti, which is not the same as the species being absent. Under-surveyed regions are systematically under-represented.
Engineered-intervention research
Research works targeting Aedes aegypti by technology. Research activity, not a field-trial-site registry.
518 works (tech-tagged)
Wolbachia
161 works
SIT / IIT
144 works
GM release
128 works
Gene drive
85 works