DENGUE EPIDEMICS IN MIDDLE-SOUTH OF BRAZIL: CLIMATE CONSTRAINTS AND SOME SOCIAL ASPECTS
Dengue is currently one of the most serious worldwide public health problems. It is a disease of the tropical world, in which most of Latin America is located and where the environment and climate provide ideal conditions for the Aedes mosquito (aegypti and albopictus) to thrive. In addition the soc...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Portuguese |
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Associação Brasileira de Climatologa
2011-12-01
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Climatologia |
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Online Access: | https://revistas.ufpr.br/revistaabclima/article/view/27522 |