title: [Control of Aedes aegypti larvae (L) with Poecilia reticulata Peter, 1895: a community experience in Taguasco municipality, Sancti Spíritus, Cuba].
abstract: The efficacy of the control of Aedes aegypti (L) with Poecilia reticulata Peter, 1895, was determined in containers used for domestic consumption water in Taguasco municipality in the center of Sancti Spiritus province, Cuba. Before the epidemic of Santiago de Cuba and Havana Province, this municipality had not been positive to Aedes aegypti (L). The increasing infections caused by the vector started to worry the population that feared an outbreak of dengue epidemic. Previous to the fish growth, a survey was done in 1 298 houses and places with large backyards and a deficient water supply that made its dwellers use all kinds of containers. Among them 458 low tanks where 40 mosquito foci were detected. Fishes were distributed at a rate of no less than 3 per container. The foci were controlled in 2 months, excepting a tank where eclosion occurred. The results also make easy the work of the health personnel on avoiding the constant checking of the containers. That's why, it is recommended to extend the experience of Taguasco to other provinces of the country under similar situations.
authors: Unidad Municipal de Vigilancia y Lucha Antivectorial, Taguasco, Sancti Spiritus. natividad@ipk.sld.cu
authors: Eugenia
authors: E
authors: Hernández Hernández
authors: María
authors: M
authors: Marques Pina
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D003462:Cuba; D003715:Dengue / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D003716:Dengue Virus; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005618:Fresh Water; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000254:growth & development; D007814:Larva; D010572:Pest Control, Biological / Q000379:methods*; D011036:Poecilia / Q000502:physiology*; D061005:Ponds; D014504:Urban Health; D014881:Water Supply