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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Aedes''
| image = Aedes aegypti biting human.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''[[Aedes aegypti]]''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| subphylum = [[Hexapoda]]
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| subclassis = [[Pterygota]]
| infraclassis = [[Neoptera]]
| superordo = [[Endopterygota]]|
| ordo = [[Fly|Diptera]]
| tribus = [[Culicini]]
| genus = '''''Aedes'''''
| genus_authority = [[Johann Wilhelm Meigen|Meigen]] 1818
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
''[[Aedes albopictus]]''<br />
''[[Aedes aegypti]]''<br />
etc.<br>
(See also [[List of Aedes species|List of ''Aedes'' species]])
}}
'''''Aedes''''' is a [[genus]] of [[mosquito]] originally found in tropical and subtropical zones, but has spread by human activity to all tropical and subtropical regions. Several of the species transmit important human diseases. The name comes from the Greek ''aēdēs'', meaning "unpleasant" or "odious", so called because of the diseases this mosquito transmits, including [[dengue fever]] and [[yellow fever]]. In [[Polynesia]], the species ''[[Aedes polynesiensis]]'' is responsible for the transmission of human lymphatic [[filariasis]] including species of ''[[Brugia]]'' as well as others.
The [[yellow fever mosquito]] (''[[Aedes aegypti]]'') genome is being sequenced by The Broad Institute and [[The Institute for Genomic Research]] (TIGR). The initial assembly was released in August 2005; a draft sequence of the genome and preliminary analysis was published in June 2007.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Nene V, Wortman JR, Lawson D, ''et al.'' |title=Genome sequence of ''Aedes aegypti'', a major arbovirus vector |journal=Science |volume=316 |issue=5832 |pages=1718–23 |year=2007 |pmid=17510324 |doi=10.1126/science.1138878}}</ref> Annotation of the sequence is being undertaken by [[VectorBase]] and TIGR.
==Characteristics==
''Aedes'' species are typical small [[mosquito]]es. They usually have black and white stripe markings on their body and legs.
==Systematics and phylogeny==
The genus was named by [[Johann Wilhelm Meigen]] in 1818. There are presently some controversial moves afoot to abolish ''Aedes'' as a generic name and to replace it with ''Stegomyia''. Some species of ''Aedes'' (the [[Asian tiger mosquito]]) have been introduced to the US and have spread as far north as Iowa. The genus contains over 700 [[species (biology)|species]] (see the [[List of Aedes species|list of ''Aedes'' species]]). The genus is divided into several subgenera (''Aedes'', ''Diceromyia'', ''Finlaya'', etc.)
==See also==
*[[Aedes aegypti]]
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