Proposta de intervenção para diminuir incidência do dengue na área do bairro Altinópolis

Abstract

Arboviruses represent a public health problem in the world with an increase in recent years due to the spread of the virus, in the Americas there has been a definitive establishment of the vector due to the existing socioeconomic and environmental conditions. Dengue has been presenting itself continuously, interspersed with the occurrence of epidemics. Dengue virus has four biologically and genetically distinct but serologically related serotypes: DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3 and DEN-4. All these serotypes cause both classical and hemorrhagic dengue. The municipality of Governador Valadares for its tropical climate has an environment conducive to the spread of the disease; with a significant increase in the number of reports of dengue cases in the years 2016 and 2017. Thus, it is demonstrated the need to carry out actions by the teams and communities, more focused on the prevention of this disease.