Objectives To identify local ecological factors that might have had an impact on the higher
infestation rates by the vector mosquito Aedes aegypti seen in four urban health districts of …

Aedes aegypti is the main vector of the dengue virus in Colombia. Some factors have been
associated with its presence; however, in the local context, it has not been sufficiently …

Aedes aegypti is the main domestic vector of the dengue virus. Control measures to prevent
dengue transmission focus on the treatment and elimination of this vector's oviposition sites …

Background Aedes aegypti, the major vector of dengue, breeds in domestic water
containers. The development of immature mosquitoes in such containers is influenced by …

Updating the larval habitats of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in Camagüey, Cuba.
Several illnesses of vectorial origin have a great medical and veterinary relevance, due to …

Dengue is the most important arboviral disease worldwide and the principal vector-borne
disease in Costa Rica. Control of Aedes aegypti populations through source reduction is still …

Surveys were conducted in three neighbourhoods of Barranquilla, the main seaport of
Colombia, to identify, using counts of pupae in water containers during the wet and dry …

Introducción. Es difícil adaptar o formular nuevas estrategias para el control del dengue en
las áreas rurales debido a la dispersión de los hogares ya la falta de conocimiento sobre la …

Traditionally the major risk environment for transmission of dengue virus has been assumed
to be households. In Mexico, dengue outbreaks continue year after year despite intense …

Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) is the mosquito species responsible for transmission of
yellow and dengue fevers. Different strategies are used worldwide to reduce its abundance …