Malaria Mortality in Brazil: Age-Period-Cohort Effects, Sociodemographic Factors, and Sustainable Development Indicators.

Introduction: Human malaria is a zoonosis considered a serious global public health problem caused by five species of protozoa of the genus spp., which are transmitted by mosquito vectors belonging to the genus spp.

Objective: To verify whether there is a relationship between the age-standardized malaria mortality rate in Brazil and age-period-cohort effect variables, sociodemographic differences, and indicators of sustainable development.

Arboviruses in Free-Ranging Birds and Hematophagous Arthropods (Diptera, Nematocera) from Forest Remnants and Urbanized Areas of an Environmental Protection Area in the Amazon Biome.

The rapid and disorderly urbanization in the Amazon has resulted in the insertion of forest fragments into cities, causing the circulation of arboviruses, which can involve hematophagous arthropods and free-ranging birds in the transmission cycles in urban environments. This study aimed to evaluate the circulation of arboviruses in free-ranging birds and hematophagous arthropods captured in an Environmental Protection Area in the Belem metropolitan area, Brazil. Birds were captured using mist nets, and hematophagous arthropods were collected using a human protected attraction technique and light traps.