Solutions · Vector profiles

The species, honestly described.

Six profiles matter in Europe. We describe them the way entomologists do — not the way marketing does.

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Aedes aegypti

Yellow fever mosquito
Distribution: Tropical & subtropical · now southern EU
Carries: Dengue, Zika, chikungunya, yellow fever
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Aedes albopictus

Asian tiger
Distribution: Established across southern & central Europe
Carries: Dengue, chikungunya, West Nile (minor)
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Anopheles gambiae s.l.

African malaria vector
Distribution: Sub-Saharan Africa
Carries: Malaria (primary)
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Culex pipiens

Northern house mosquito
Distribution: Europe-wide
Carries: West Nile virus, Usutu
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Aedes japonicus

Asian bush mosquito
Distribution: Central Europe · establishing
Carries: West Nile (potential), bridge vector
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Aedes koreicus

Korean bush
Distribution: Northern Italy, Germany, Switzerland
Carries: Surveillance only