The Experimental Transmission of Yellow Fever by Mosquitoes

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Abstract
A summary of results of investigations by the author and others to determine what mosquitoes besides Aedcs aegypti are capable of transmitting yellow fever. Other mosquitoes found able to transmit the disease by biting were: (a) African species [long dash]Aedes (Stegomyia) lutencephalus, A. (Aedimorphus) stokesi, Eretmopodites chrysogaster, A. africanus, A. simpsoni, A. vittatus and Taeniorhynchus (Mansonioi-des) africanus; (b) South American species[long dash]A. (Och-lerotatus) scapularis. In addition to the 9 species mentioned as capable of transmission by biting, 6 were found to produce infection if their ground-up bodies were injected into monkeys. Results with 7 other species were entirely negative or doubtful. The author is convinced that of the newly discovered vectors, T. africanus is the most likely to be of epidemiological importance.

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