title: [Medico-veterinary importance of mosquitoes in Cuba].
abstract: Cuban mosquitoes are an important factor in the transmission of both viral and protozoal and helminthic diseases. Eighteen species which have transmitted or are potential transmissors of different agents causing diseases in man or in domestic animals are reported in this paper. Sixteen illustrations of the mosquito species with a highest significance in Cuba are enclosed to the paper for their better identification.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000635:transmission; D003462:Cuba; D009033:Culicidae / Q000145:classification*; D004199:Disease Vectors; D006801:Humans; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000635:transmission; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000635:transmission
vernacular_title: Importancia médico-veterinaria de los mosquitos en Cuba.