Aedes aegypti: histórico do controle no Brasil

2007 
A dengue tem se destacado como uma das mais importantes doencas reermegentes no mundo. No Brasil, a partir da decada de 1980, iniciou-se um processo de intensa circulacao viral, com epidemias explosivas que atingiram todas as regioes brasileiras. Atualmente, cerca de 70 por cento dos municipios brasileiros estao infestados pelo mosquito Aedes aegypti, vetor da doenca no Pais, onde circulam tres sorotipos do virus (DEN-1, DEN-2 e DEN-3). Este trabalho faz um breve relato do historico da dengue no Brasil, com enfase nas politicas e programas de controle do Aedes aegypti, desde as epidemias de febre amarela urbana do inicio do seculo XX. Os aspectos fundamentais do atual Programa Nacional de Controle da Dengue tambem sao mencionados.(AU) Dengue is presently one of the most important reemerging diseases in the world. In Brazil, since the 1980’s, there is an intense virus circulation with epidemic bursts affecting all the regions of the country. Nowadays, roughly 70% of the Brazilian municipalities are infested with the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti, and the serotypes DEN-1, DEN-2 and DEN-3 are circulating in the country. This work presents a brief historic of the disease in Brazil, emphasizing the political strategies and programs for Aedes aegypti control since the urban yellow fever epidemics in the early 1900´s. The basic aspects of the present Brazilian Dengue Control Program are also mentioned.(AU)
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