Principal vector species
Aedes albopictus
Aedes albopictus is an arbovirus vector recorded in 121 countries, and the target of 138 engineered-intervention research works in the Atlas corpus.
121
countries with a GBIF record
63k
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.
121 countries total
Spain
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Italy
United States
Thailand
Brazil
Indonesia
Hungary
France
Ghana
Croatia
Mexico
Austria
Albania
Greece
Serbia
Malaysia
Turkiye
China
Israel
Pakistan
Japan
Switzerland
India
+ 97 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