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Aedes albopictus in Mexico. 1994

S Ibáñez-Bernal, and C Martínez-Campos

Laboratorio de Entomología, Instituto Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiologicos (INDRE), Col. Santo Tomás, D.F., México.

Data relating to the discovery and identification of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, in Coahuila State, Mexico, are presented. Infestations are reported for Piedras Negras and Ciudad Acuña. Samples from a third community were negative for Ae. albopictus.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008800	Mexico	A country in NORTH AMERICA, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between BELIZE and the UNITED STATES, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the UNITED STATES.
D009033	Culicidae	A family of the order DIPTERA that comprises the mosquitoes. The larval stages are aquatic, and the adults can be recognized by the characteristic WINGS, ANIMAL venation, the scales along the wing veins, and the long proboscis. Many species are of particular medical importance.	Mosquitoes,Mosquitos,Mosquito
D003465	Culex	A genus of mosquitoes (CULICIDAE) commonly found in tropical regions. Species of this genus are vectors for ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS as well as many other diseases of man and domestic and wild animals.	Culices
D000330	Aedes	A genus of mosquitoes (CULICIDAE) frequently found in tropical and subtropical regions. YELLOW FEVER and DENGUE are two of the diseases that can be transmitted by species of this genus.	Aede
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia