title: [Identification of places with potential transmission of dengue fever in Porto Alegre using Geographical Information Systems].
abstract: The social-environmental conditions that promote the continuity of Aedes aegypti in urban areas and its capacity for dengue transmission have yet to be determined. The aim of this work was to locate dengue cases and vector presence, then to identify social-environmental factors that characterize these sites, through Geographical Information Systems (GIS), with a view to developing a dengue fever prevention model. The vector was mainly located in south and east areas of the city, with a broad dispersion, while most of the cases were located in the central region of the city. The sectors with cases present characteristics of high income. Otherwise, sectors with vector present a predominance of houses and good sanitation infrastructure. The difference between cases and vector spatial patterns ensured for 2002 an absence of dengue transmission in the city.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Informações em Saúde, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. xris@cict.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: Christovam
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barcellos
authors.forename: Adelaide Kreutz
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Pustai
authors.forename: Maria Angélica
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Maria Regina Varnieri
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Brito
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012499:Sanitation; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014504:Urban Health