Principal vector species
Aedes albopictus
Aedes albopictus is an arbovirus vector recorded in 147 countries, and the target of 138 engineered-intervention research works in the Atlas corpus.
147
countries with a GBIF record
148k
occurrence records (effort-biased)
138
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 albopictus 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 albopictus. Records reflect sampling effort, not abundance.
147 countries total
United States
Austria
Spain
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Italy
Thailand
Brazil
France
Hungary
Indonesia
Colombia
Croatia
Mexico
Serbia
Greece
Albania
Turkiye
Switzerland
Malaysia
China
Israel
Germany
Belgium
Japan
+ 123 more countries with a record · browse all
Presence, not absence
A country missing here has no digitised GBIF record for Aedes albopictus, which is not the same as the species being absent. Under-surveyed regions are systematically under-represented.
Engineered-intervention research
Research works targeting Aedes albopictus by technology. Research activity, not a field-trial-site registry.
197 works (tech-tagged)
SIT / IIT
70 works
Wolbachia
50 works
GM release
42 works
Gene drive
35 works