Abstract

MARQUETTI, María del Carmen et al. Drinking troughs for animals: containers that should be taken into account for the Aedes aegypti Control Program in urban areas of the City of Havana, Cuba. Rev Cubana Med Trop [online]. 2006, vol.58, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3054.

A study of the effect of drinking troughs for animals over the infestation by Aedes aegypti in the urban area of Playa municipality was performed. Seven hundred drinking troughs were checked, but only 5 (0.71%) were positive to dengue vector. These five corresponded to drinking containers for dogs. Thirty two pupas were detected for an average of 6.4 per trough. There were no significant differences in pupal productivity among the drinking troughs positive to Aedes aegypti (p>0.05). The drinking troughs were mainly placed at shadowed sites, in the backyard of houses, and characterized by having abundant organic matter. This study underlined the importance of these drinking containers for the dengue vector control program because their above-mentioned location favors egg-laying by female insects, their water content is not daily changed by the population as it1.  should be done, and because they can potentially provide large-sized adult vectors, which are an important factor in the transmission of the dengue virus.

Keywords : Aedes aegypti; drinking troughs for animals; wing length.

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