Aedes aegypti is the scientific name of the mosquito that transmits yellow fever. Although no longer a

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Aedes aegypti is the scientific name of the mosquito that transmits yellow fever. Although no longer a major health problem in the Western world, yellow fever was perhaps the most devastating communicable disease in the United States for almost two hundred years. To see how long it takes the Aedes mosquito to complete a feeding, five young females were allowed to bite an exposed human forearm without the threat of being swatted. The resulting blood-sucking times (in seconds) are summarized below (97).