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- Title
Identification of the diversity of possible breeding sites used by Aedes aegypti in construction works.
- Authors
Tavares de Almeida FERREIRA, Elisangela; MATOS-ROCHA, Thiago José; Lins CALHEIROS, Claudia Maria
- Abstract
Dengue is a major public health problem, especially in the state of Alagoas, the great diversity of breeding the mosquito vector is. This study aimed to identify potential breeding grounds used by the species Aedes aegypti in construction, in five works present in the city of Maceio. For a better understanding of the problems we used the health municipal office data (human cases) and the Zoonosis Control Center, referring to land indices and indices of the positive deposits where the immature stages of Ae were found. Aegypti in the years 2012, 2013 and 2014. It was shown that the construction industry has a great possibility of water accumulation in different specific deposits, and can become breeding grounds for mosquito potential. The breeding were classified as level of importance, the main ones being: the accumulated water in the basement and in slabs, for months or years of work duration, and also the elevator shafts, gutters and shackles (concrete pipes). With this information it is possible to trace control strategies of these mosquito vectors in these environments. With the elements raised was prepared a pamphlet educational awareness of construction workers. Keywords: Aedes aegypti; Dengue and Construction mosquito larvae are in a construction basement and elevator shaft among others. The fight against these breeding sites has to be constant, since there is a great risk of epidemic in the city of Maceió-AL. The knowledge of breeding sites is of fundamental importance for the control of these vectors.
- Subjects
DENGUE; MATING grounds; AEDES aegypti; PUBLIC health; MOSQUITO vectors; CONSTRUCTION workers; EDUCATION; CONSTRUCTION industry; EPIDEMICS
- Publication
Diversitas Journal, 2022, Vol 7, Issue 1, p148
- ISSN
2525-5215
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.48017/dj.v7i1.1218