Avaliação da relação da temperatura e precipitação e distribuição espacial dos casos de dengue no município de Francisco Beltrão para os anos 2015 e 2016

Abstract

Dengue is one of the diseases that most cause morbidity and mortality in Brazil. Its process of contagion is through the female of the mosquito Aedes aegypti that deposits eggs in environments of standing water, favored by rainy periods and containers suitable for temporary storage. The objective of this study was to understand the association of climatic factors such as temperature and precipitation with the occurrence of dengue in the municipality of Francisco Beltrão, through correlation analysis. Since dengue is a disease known as seasonal, the selected temporal cut-off was the years 2015 and 2016. The climatological data are based on the automatic meteorological station UTFPR Câmpus de Francisco Beltrão and the confirmed cases of dengue obtained from the secretary of Health of the Municipality of Francisco Beltrão. Although there was no significant correlation between the variables in the study period. It is important to observe the favorable aspects and conditions of climate the vectors of dengue behave, even if indifferently to them in certain periods of time. These studies may add to the use of public prevention policies, which involves mainly joint actions of the public power and of the population in the neighborhoods involved.