[Season and weather-dependent behavior of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes in Sancti Spiritus in the period 1999-2007].

Introduction: Aedes aegypti is the main dengue and hemorrhagic dengue vector and its widespread behavior responds to a number of factors, among them, the climatic ones.

Objectives: to determine the behavior of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes depending on season and weather conditions and how it relates with climatic factors such as temperature and rain.

Methods: a descriptive seasonal and weather study was made on the basis of data given by the provincial weather center and the surveillance anti-vector fight unit located in Sancti Spiritus province, which covered the 1999-2007 period.