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Inspection of Aedes Aegypti Breeding Sites in Brazil: Application of Multi-criteria Analysis to Develop an Index
Yuri Lima;
Wallace Pinheiro;
Carlos Eduardo Barbosa;
Matheus Magalhães;
Miriam Chaves;
Jano de Souza;
Sérgio Rodrigues;
Geraldo Xexéo
ABSTRACT
Aedes aegypti is a vector for the transmission of diseases such as dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, and yellow fever. In 2016, over one million cases of these diseases were reported in Brazil — an alarming public health issue. One of the ways of controlling the disease is by inspecting and neutralizing the places where the Aedes aegypti lays its eggs through the repository of data obtained from the Ministry of Planning, Development, and Administration. In this work, we propose a multi-criteria analysis to create an index for the inspections reported through the system. We applied part of the proposed analysis to a database of inspections in government buildings to test our proposition via the generation of a heat map, which let us draw some conclusions and propose future studies.
Citation
Please cite as:
Lima Y, Pinheiro W, Barbosa CE, Magalhães M, Chaves M, de Souza J, Rodrigues S, Xexéo G
Development of an Index for the Inspection of Aedes aegypti Breeding Sites in Brazil: Multi-criteria Analysis