Atividades de controle de Aedes aegypti em municípios da Região Sul do

Introduction: In this study, the activities of surveillance and control of Aedes aegypti, the dengue vector, are analyzed, as carried out by selected municipalities in the Southern Coast of Sao Paulo State. Method: Analysis of secondary data extracted from computerized program activities related to the surveillance and control of Aedes aegypti. Results: Infestation Index Building: 31 measurements were performed, with average values below 2.0; house-to-house: the largest coverage was observed in the second four-month periods of each year due to the commitment of the teams with the transmission in the first semester, Strategic Buildings: there was a reduction in the number of properties worked in the past four years, average positivity was 33.8% with an upward trend; Special Buildings: there was a decrease in the number of properties worked in the last two years, and the average positivity was 24.7%. Conclusion: There was low coverage of the activities as foreseen in the standard techniques, what may promote the maintenance of infestation. It was not possible to verify the implementation of technical guidance from the results of infestation to subsidize the use of measurements of entomological control.