Bebederos de animales: depósitos a tener en cuenta por el Programa de Control de Aedes aegypti en áreas urbanas de Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba / 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

RESUMEN

Se hizo un estudio de la influencia de los bebederos de animales en la infestación de Aedes aegypti en el área urbana del municipio Playa. En total se revisaron 700, reportándose 5 (0,71 %) positivos al vector del dengue, correspondiendo su totalidad a bebederos de perros. Se detectaron 32 pupas para un promedio de 6,4 por bebedero. No se encontraron diferencias significativas de la productividad pupal en los distintos depósitos positivos a Aedes aegypti durante el estudio (p> 0,05). Los bebederos se caracterizaron por estar preferiblemente a la sombra, en los patios de las viviendas y contenían abundante materia orgánica. Se resaltó la importancia de estos para el programa de control del vector, por las características de su ubicación que favorece la oviposición de las hembras, por no ser objetos de recambio diario de agua por la población y por su potenciabilidad de aportar adultos de gran talla, factor importante en la transmisión del virus del dengue.

ABSTRACT

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.