A demonstrated human - biter , Aedes vittatus can transmit yellow fever virus in monkeys in the laboratory .
Was a suspected vector in the 1940 Nuba Mountain epidemic in Sudan in which an estimated 15,000 human cases and 1,500 deaths were reported .
A demonstrated human - biter , Aedes vittatus can transmit yellow fever virus in monkeys in the laboratory and was a suspected vector in the 1940 Nuba Mountain epidemic in Sudan in which an estimated 15,000 human cases and 1,500 deaths were reported .