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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.
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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