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
+ 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
Mosticare Ühing (2026). Mosquito Intelligence Atlas, vector distribution, disease burden, and engineered-intervention literature. Derived from GBIF, WHO GHO, World Bank, OpenAlex and Natural Earth. https://www.mosticare.org/atlas
Data vintage 2026-07-12. Independent of the funded programmes.