Antroposi o em Flebotomineos

January - February 2007

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PUBLIC HEALTH

Flebotomíneos (Diptera: Psychodidae) e Leishmanioses no Rio Grande do
Norte, Nordeste do Brasil - Reflexos do Ambiente Antrópico
MARIA DE F.F. DE M. XIMENES1, VIRGÍNIA P.M. E SILVA1, PAULA V. S. DE QUEIROZ1, MARIA M.
REGO1, ANALUÍSA M. CORTEZ1, LEOPOLDINA M. DE M. BATISTA2, ARLINETE S. DE MEDEIROS3 E
SELMA M.B. JERONIMIO4
Depto. Microbiologia e Parasitologia; 4Depto. Bioquímica, Centro de Biociências, Univ. Federal do Rio Grande do
Norte, 59.072-970, Natal, RN
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Centro de Controle de Zoonoses de Natal, Avenida das Fronteiras, s/n, Conjunto Santa Catarina, Natal, RN
3
Secretaria de Saúde Pública do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, Av. Junqueira Aires, 488, Centro, Natal, RN

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Neotropical Entomology 36(1):128-137 (2007)

Phlebotomine (Diptera: Psychodidae) and Leishmaniasis in Rio Grande do Norte State Brazil – Anthropic
Environment Responses
ABSTRACT - Natural environmental changes or those resulting from anthropic factors and their impact on infectious diseases have been evaluated in several studies. The objective of this work was to analyze the correlation between the anthropic environment, phlebotomine and leishmaniases in Rio
Grande do Norte State, in Northeast Brazil. Information relative to the distribution of vector species in visceral and tegumentary leishmaniasis areas was associated to the record of cases notified by Public
Health organs. The analysis suggests associations between the vector species and distribution of the disease with demographic and physionomic characteristics, disorderly growth in the metropolitan area, living conditions and environmental degradation of the Eastern Littoral, the principal area of notified visceral leishmaniasis cases.
KEY WORDS: Sand fly, public health
RESUMO - As alterações ambientais, naturais ou resultantes de ações antrópicas e seu impacto sobre as doenças infecciosas têm sido avaliados em diversos estudos. Com o objetivo de analisar possíveis correlações entre o ambiente