Distribuição sazonal de Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) no campus da Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Cajazeiras, estado da Paraíba.

Abstract

Aedes aegypti is a Culicidae of great importance for Public Health in Brazil, since it acts as a vector of arboviruses that periodically reach the population, generating epidemics, and showing itself more and more adapted to different environmental conditions, one of the factors that hinder the success of the control methods. The purpose of this work was to relate to density of eggs of females of Ae. aegypti with the indices of temperature, humidity and rainfall, as well as reporting the experience of health education on vector biology and the diseases transmitted by it at the University Teacher Training Center Federal of Campina Grande in CajazeirasPB, with a warm and dry semi-arid climate. For the capture of the eggs of the females of Ae. aegypti were used 51 ovitraps, installed on the campus, of according to the environmental preferences of the vector, where they remained from June 2019 to March of 2020. Since the installation, health education activities have been carried out, with the purpose of to disseminate knowledge about the trap, research and prevention of diseases transmitted by the insect, a practice that was repeated during the inspections of the traps. The population of the research was constituted by members of the academic community. 39 inspections were totaled weekly, where the amount of eggs and larvae found in the traps were recorded along with the abiotic data. In total, 6296 eggs and 759 Ae larvae were collected. aegypti, since January, February and March had the highest Positivity Index rates of Ovitraps and February, March and June had the highest Density Index rates of Eggs.It was found that rainfall was the abiotic factor that exerted the greatest influence about the increase in egg density in the traps. The continuous oviposition in the periods of drought may be related to the presence of possible cryptic breeding sites allied to oviposition behavior in jumping developed by the female of the vector to maintain the active oviposition even under unfavorable environmental conditions. From the beginning, the dialogue with the academic community pautouse themselves in a banking and immediacy practice, looking for solutions of short term. Weaknesses in knowledge were evident, such as the use of scientific terms without knowing its meaning, lack of knowledge about the multi-causality of arboviruses, especially regarding the determinants of the health-disease process, the biological cycle and behavior of the vector. There was fear and rejection regarding the ovitrap. These data can subsidize strategies adapted to the reality of the campus and the semi-arid region of Paraiba. searched to empower the academic community through dialogues on prevention and promotion in health, with emphasis on the biological cycle and combat of the Ae vector. aegypti. The urgency of solutions is perceived medium and long term, as well as the performance of actions between universities and professionals health, in addition to extensionist practices aimed at the academic community.