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MEDISAN

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Abstract

MESA DESPAIGNE, Arelis  and  SALVADOR ALVAREZ, Manuel de Jesús. Entomological and epidemiological surveillance of the Anopheles albimanus species in Santiago de Cuba municipality. MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.2, pp.166-173. ISSN 1029-3019.

An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out, in order to characterize some entomological variables of the surveillance of culicids transmitting malaria in Santiago de Cuba, from 2006 to 2010. The study universe was formed according to the established methods for the larval collections of Anopheles albimanus. There were 602 larval interviews carried out in the culicids breeding under surveillance. Finally it was demonstrated that 19.6 % of the breedings were positive for the above mentioned species. Also, the larval general density was 13.4 larvae/m2 and the specific of 1.8 larvae/m2, with a tendency to the increase of positive results in these breedings. It was recommended to maintain a closed surveillance in the areas where this vector circulated.

Keywords : breeding; culicid; vector; Anopheles albimanus; malaria; surveillance.

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