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AEDES AEGYPTI [2 records]

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Record 1 2023-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Human Diseases
  • Animal Diseases
  • Plant Diseases
DEF

An insect or a living carrier that transports an infectious agent from an infected host to a susceptible host, their food or their immediate surroundings.

OBS

Examples of vectors include insects, parasites and rodents.

OBS

vector; disease vector: designations standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

OBS

vector: designation officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel and the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

PHR

vector distribution, vector ecology

PHR

zoonotic disease vector

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Maladies humaines
  • Maladies des animaux
  • Maladies des plantes
DEF

Insecte ou porteur vivant qui transporte un agent infectieux d'un hôte infecté à un hôte réceptif, à sa nourriture ou à son environnement immédiat.

OBS

Les insectes, les parasites et les rongeurs sont des exemples de vecteurs.

OBS

vecteur; vecteur de maladie : désignations normalisées par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

OBS

vecteur : désignation uniformisée par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées et par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la Défense.

PHR

distribution du vecteur, écologie du vecteur

PHR

vecteur de zoonose

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Microbiología y parasitología
  • Enfermedades humanas
  • Enfermedades de los animales
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
DEF

Ser vivo que puede transmitir o propagar una enfermedad.

CONT

Los vectores de enfermedades más conocidos son los mosquitos del género Anopheles, transmisores de la malaria o paludismo; los flebótomos de los géneros Lutzomyia y Phlebotomus, transmisores de las leishmaniasis; los chinches o "pitos" de los géneros Rhodnius y Triatoma, transmisores de la enfermedad de Chagas, y el mosquito Aedes aegypti, transmisor del dengue, el chikungunya y el Zika […]

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Record 2 2017-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Aedes aegypti
Latin
Culex aegypti
Latin
Stegomyia aegypi
Latin
OBS

An insect (order Diptera) of the family Culicidae.

OBS

Aedes aegypti is a vector of dengue fever, Chikungunya, Zika fever, and yellow fever viruses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Aedes aegypti
Latin
Culex aegypti
Latin
Stegomyia aegypi
Latin
OBS

Insecte (ordre des diptères) de la famille des Culicidae.

OBS

Aedes aegypti est un vecteur des virus de la dengue, de la fièvre jaune et des virus Zika et Chikungunya.

Spanish

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