Word: fasciata
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...Commission of the U. S., which in 1900 went into Cuba determined to clear up the mystery of yellow fever. They submitted their bodies to the bite of infected mosquitoes and established beyond dispute that yellow fever is transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes of the species Stegomyia fasciata. But the commission was unable to identify the germ. Since then there have been many attempts, many false alarms. Researcher Noguchi's Leptospira icteroides has received scientific support; has come closest to being accepted as the organism responsible for yellow fever. Survivor Agramonte was never satisfied with its credentials...
...Stegomyia fasciata...
...From his experiments, Dr. Reed found that the domestic mosquito (stegomyia fasciata) is the lone carrier of the yellow fever germ. The virus of the fever is a parasite that requires an alternate passage through a vertebrate and an insect host...
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