The dengue fever virus was discovered in the bodies of Aedes albopictus taken on this occasion in Chungho City. This provided the first ever "direct" evidence that Aedes albopictus can transmit dengue fever. In the past scientists had only acquired indirect evidence--the presence of Aedes albopictus in dengue fever areas, observing the results of injecting the virus into Aedes albopictus in the laboratory--to infer that these mosquitoes could be vectors.
在這次中和市疫區採集到白線斑蚊成蚊身上，就分離出登革病毒，是世界上首次「直接」證實「白線斑蚊會傳染登革熱」；不同於以往科學家僅從出現登革熱的地區有白線斑紋，推測這種蚊子可能是病媒蚊，而後在實驗室裡藉病毒注射蚊體，觀察結果「間接判斷的。