Chikungunya: um olhar para a cidade de Patos - PB.

Abstract

Dengue fever is an acute febrile disease of viral etiology and manifests itself variably from one asymptomatic to severe and hemorrhagic cases and can lead to death. Already chikungunya has a clinical picture similar to that of dengue fever, with symptoms such as fever, headache and severe pain in the joints. It is the most important arboviral disease that affects humans and has been presented as a serious public health problem. In Brazil and other tropical countries, environmental conditions favor the development and proliferation of Aedesaegypti, the principal mosquito vector. From the year 2014, public health becomes affected by two more diseases transmitted by the same vector of dengue, Aedesaegypti, called virus Zika, with a virus belonging to the Flavivirus and Chikungunya fever, which is a CHIKV infection caused by (Chikungunya virus) which produces a fever of sudden onset and debilitating syndrome, due to the intensity of joint symptoms, Chikungunya cause this name, which, in the African Makonde language, means "curved floor". From a qualitative and quantitative analysis we had the assessment data for the years 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 in the city of Patos-PB, in order to to map and determine the possible causes of cases of viral diseases (dengue and chikungunya ) reported. The modification of the space generated as a result of human actions determining significant ecological changes in man's relationship with his environment, and consequently the side effects caused by these transformation processes contribute to increased circulation of infectious agents through changes in their natural habitat.