Dengue in Araraquara, state of São Paulo: epidemiology, climate and Aedes aegypti infestation.

OBJECTIVE To describe the epidemiology of dengue in a medium-sized city in the state of São Paulo. METHODS Data, such as circulating serotypes, severe cases and deaths, age group, sex, among others, were obtained on reported and confirmed dengue cases in Araraquara, state of São Paulo, between 1991 and 2015. Climatic and infestation data were also analyzed.

[Infestation of an urban area by Aedes aegypti and relation with socioeconomic levels].

Objective: To assess the association between Aedes aegypti larvae infestation rates and socioeconomic factors.

Methods: Infestation rates in the urban area of the city of São José do Rio Preto, Southeastern Brazil, were calculated in January of 2005 and subsequently geocoded by address. The urban census tracts were grouped by means of main component analysis, thus producing four socioeconomic clusters (1-4, in a decreasing order of socioeconomic level) and a fifth cluster (5) with a level below the others and not belonging to the urban census tracts (new districts and irregular residential development projects).

[Dengue control as viewed by agents and the target population in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil].

The aim of this article was to identify daily situations experienced by dengue control agents in their relationship to local residents. A cross-sectional study applied questionnaires among vector control agents, community health workers, and a sample of local women. The answers by the dengue control agents and community health workers were grouped in the categories of work, private life, and community.