1. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
2. Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Terra
3. DEST - Departamento de Estatística
4. CCET - DEST - Artigos publicados em periódicos

Título:	Insect vectors and their relationship with sustainable development indicators in neighborhoods of Natal, northeastern Brazil
Autor(es):	Araujo, Paulo Sérgio Fagundes Souto, Maria Cristiana da Silva Azevedo, Paulo Roberto Medeiros de Ximenes, Maria de Fatima Freire de Melo
Palavras-chave:	Sustainability;Environment;Urbanism;Vector insects;Dengue fever;Leishmaniasis
Data do documento:	Set-2016
Editor:	Gaia Scientia
Referência:	ARAUJO, P. S. F. et al. Insect vectors and their relationship with sustainable development indicators in neighborhoods of Natal, northeastern Brazil. Gaia Scientia, v. 10, p. 182-194, 2016.
Resumo:	This study aimed to correlate sustainable development indicators with the occurrence of mosquitoes from the genus Aedes and phlebotominae sand flies, vectors of dengue fever, American visceral leishmaniasis and American tegumentary leishmaniasis, in order to establish a relationship between infestation indices and sustainability conditions in southern and northern neighborhoods of Natal, Brazil, adjacent to environmental protection zones 5 and 9, respectively. Data were obtained on Aedes aegypti and A. albopictus breeding sites and captures of phlebotominae sand flies of the genus Lutzomyia in the study area between 2006 and 2008, from the Center of Zoonosis Control of the Municipal Health Secretariat, and correlated with environmental and social indicators. Factorial analysis was applied to transform these indicators into a sustainability index for each neighborhood studied (Neighborhood Sustainability Index – NSI). Relating these indices with the occurrence of insect vectors at these sites shows a high positive correlation between SID and the Breteau index of A. aegypti (p=0.028) and with the index of household infestation by phlebotominae sand flies (p=0.01). This reveals a pattern allowing the association of sustainability conditions in the study areas with the occurrence of these insects. Analyses demonstrate the occurrence of a larger number of A. aegypti breeding sites and higher indices of household infestation by phlebotominae sand flies in neighborhoods with lower sustainability indices. Knowledge of the relationship between sustainable development indicators and the occurrence of zoonotic vectors may contribute to public health programs as well as to a restructuring of public policies in the study areas.
URI:	https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/51952
ISSN:	1981-1268
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