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    answered Aug 17, 2010 at 09:49AM
    Yellow fever virus is mainly transmitted to people by A. Aeqypti, but other mosquitoes can also spread the virus among humans, including Aedes albopictus and Aedes africanus.
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    answered Aug 18, 2010 at 01:13PM
    Albopictus is also known as the "Asian Tiger Mosquito", and is a member of the family of Culicidae, pretty much all of whom can carry Yellow fever virus, as Dr. Racaniello already so aptly stated.
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