Application of the pupal/demographic-survey methodology in an area of Havana, Cuba, with low densities of Aedes aegypti (L.)

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
J A BissetH Padmanabha

Abstract

Between the April and December of 2004, an Aedes aegypti (L.) pupal/demographic survey was conducted in the Playa municipality of Havana. The aims were to identify the key types of container in the production of the adult mosquitoes (and so provide a basis for targeted control) and assess transmission risk in terms of the number of pupae/person. Pupal abundance, as measured in the survey, was compared with traditional Stegomyia indices. The immature stages of Ae. aegypti were only found in 70 of the 15,153 containers that were investigated and the pupae of this species were only seen in 52 of the containers. Ground-level water-storage tanks yielded 74.1% of all the pupae, with a further 19.0% found in miscellaneous small containers. The utility of the pupal/demographic-survey methodology in the evaluation of dengue risk in the study area, and other areas of Cuba with low densities of Ae. aegypti, is discussed.

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