ASIAN TIGER MOSQUITO

Scientific name is Aedes Albopictus

Native to tropical and subtropical areas of Southeast Asia

HOW IT CAME TO OTHER COUNTRIES

• Through the increase of national travel
• Through the transport of goods

COUNTRIES AFFECTED

• Europe
• The Americas
• The Caribbean
• Africa
• The Middle East

Negative Impact

It is a vector for the transmission of diseases like Yellow Fever, Dengue Fever, and Chikungunya Fever

Negative Impact

It was reported that some AID's victims were bit by the mosquito and doctors believe that's how they contracted the virus

Negative Impact

The Asian Tiger Mosquito was responsible for the Chikungunya epidemic on the French Island La Réunion in 2005-2006

How people are fighting back
1) They monitor ports, warehouses & rest areas
2) They catch them with imported plants and stockpile tires then destroy their eggs

They are hard to suppress because of their ability to adapt to any enviornment, their close contact with humans, and their reproductive biology