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Option 2 : Aedes
The correct answer is Aedes.
The Dengue fever:
- Dengue fever is a tropical disease that is borne by mosquitoes.
- It is caused by the dengue virus. Dengue virus (DEN) is a small single-stranded RNA virus comprising four distinct serotypes.
- Dengue is spread by several species of female mosquitoes of the Aedes variety, specifically the Aedes aegypti.
- The ideal conditions for this species of mosquitos are usually between the latitudes of 35° North and 35° South with an elevation of 1000 meters.
- They usually bite during the early morning and in the evening, though it does not mean that they will specifically bite at these hours.
- Even though humans are the primary host of the virus, non-human primates are also carriers.
- The symptoms of the disease will begin anywhere between three and fourteen days after the initial infection.
- According to the data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), an estimated 50 million dengue infections occur annually and approximately 2.5 billion people live in dengue-endemic countries.
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