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Femelle d'Aedes aegypti, élevée au Vectopôle de l'Institut Pasteur de la Guyane. Le moustique Aedes aegypti est vecteur de la dengue, du chikungunya, de la fièvre jaune et de zika.
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2026.05.05
Chikungunya, dengue, Zika – what are the risks in mainland France?
  In the twenty years since the tiger mosquito was first reported in mainland France in 2004, it has conquered four-fifths of the country. How has it been able...
News
2025.07.11
Health - Infectious Diseases
Which mosquitoes pose a risk? Species, main diseases and high-risk regions
  Of the multiple mosquito species encountered globally, some act as vectors transmitting infectious diseases to humans throughout the world. Almost 3,500...
mosquitoesvector-borne diseases
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2023.06.06
Tiger mosquito: two viruses newly transmitted from birds to humans
  The tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is known to serve as the vector for several viruses that are pathogenic for humans. In mainland France, it was...
surveillanceUsutuvectorWest Nile
Femelle d'Aedes aegypti © Institut Pasteur de la Guyane - photo Pascal Gaborit
News
2023.01.12
Improving our understanding of insect vectors to curb disease outbreaks
Dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, Zika – these are all names of diseases that we have learned to fear, but we don't always understand how they might be...
vector-borne diseasesarbovirusBookmosquitoes
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