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Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): evolution of its population dynamics in the last 16 years in Villa Clara, Cuba

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Volume: 7 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 99-105

Subject: Entomology

Country: Cuba

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54660/IJMRGE.2026.7.3.99-105

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Throughout history, humanity has suffered the scourge of viral and parasitic diseases, and in most of these, a vector organism is a common factor. The objective of this research was to analyze the population dynamics of the Aedes aegypti mosquito species over the last 16 years in Villa Clara province, Cuba. In Villa Clara, specialists from the Provincial Unit for Surveillance and Antivectorial Fight (UPVLA) have recorded 316 370 homes and buildings in the general universe, out of which 236 391 belong to the urban universe. They have also registered in such homes or buildings distributed over the 13 municipalities, approximately 1 587 745 water containers with conditions for the breeding, proliferation, and dissemination of the afore-mentioned Culicidae. A descriptive, ecological, retrospective, and statistical study was conducted using an Excel database, covering the period from 2010 to 2025. The data recorded in this database corresponds to: a) the incidence of the Aedes aegypti mosquito species during the 12 months of the year, from 2010 to 2025; and b) the incidence of this species by municipality during the 16 years covered by the study. Therefore, the maximum of the mean value corresponds to October and the minimum to December, while the month with the greatest variability was October, and the month with the least was May. While in the case of the municipalities, Santa Clara, Sagua la Grande, Placetas, Manicaragua and Ranchuelo were the ones with the greatest focus. It is concluded that the trend of the Ae. aegypti mosquito species in terms of its focality and population dynamics in the Villa Clara province during recent years is towards an increase, which is due to a series of factors, both operational and environmental, that greatly favor the proliferation, adaptation and successful development of this mosquito species.

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Yarelyn Lorenzo Oyarzabal, Dr. Paul Robert Vogt, Wilfredo Castañeda López, Dr. David del Valle Laveaga, Ricardo Osés Rodríguez, Idalberto Machado Valenzuela, Ricardo Veitia Gainza, Dr. Rigoberto Fimia Duarte (2026). Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): evolution of its population dynamics in the last 16 years in Villa Clara, Cuba . International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Growth Evaluation (IJMRGE), 7(3), 99-105. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54660/IJMRGE.2026.7.3.99-105

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