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The ongoing campaign against the Aedes aegypti mosquito in Natal is considered a national reference. According to Ursula Torres, technical manager of the CCZ, attached to the municipal health department, "the focus of the Ministry of Health is to combat arbovirosis with six annual visits (to residences), but here the surveillance is consistent. "She explained that the strategy adopted is the intensification of actions in neighborhoods that exhibit symptoms. "This way, we avoid contamination in neighboring neighborhoods," he said.
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As the proliferation potential of an outbreak of dengue fever (and arboviruses in general) covers an area with an action radius of 400 meters, the air space that a mosquito Aedes aegypti achieved, the strategy has had good results. "A weekly cleaning in the yard and in the vicinity, paying attention to where the water can accumulate like gutters, vats among other containers, greatly reduces the likelihood of contamination" says Ursula. CCZ / SMS), which has spread traps intended to trap females, is testing scattered traps, where the female Aedes aegypti – instead of being caught – is responsible for the spread of the larvicide.
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