Wolba 1

Know Your Enemy
Jan

21

2017

Know Your Enemy

by wolbadmin
in Wolba 1
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How to tell Aedes aegypti from Aedes albopictus? Thorax of Ae. aegypti with silvery straight and curved lines (lyre-shaped) Thorax of Ae. albopictus only with a single broad line How did Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus was named? The word aegypti means from Egypt (Tropical Africa) The word albopictus means white-painted in Latin What is the origin country of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus? Aedes aegypti is not indigenous and came to Malaysia through...

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Dengue Scenario in Malaysia
Jan

17

2017

Dengue Scenario in Malaysia

by wolbadmin
in Wolba 1
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Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) is not indigenous  to Malaysia. It is believed to originate from Tropical Africa and to have been introduced to Malaysia via India at the turn of the 20th century (Smith, 1956). On the other hand, Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) is native to Southeast Asia including Malaysia.  Both species are prolific breeders in artificial containers and are vectors of human arboviruses, such...

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